Rating:
58281
{75}%
2 votes
NS - Wells Viaduct
Description
Named after W.H. Wells, chief engineer of the project, it is sometimes called North Broad Trestle. Spans north fork of Broad River just west of Toccoa, GA. Construction began in 1915 and was completed in 1919.
Part of a larger Southern Railways project to reduce curves and grades along Southern Railway's Atlanta – Charlotte mainline, it is over 1500 feet in length, and just over 200 feet in height at its highest point. This makes it the highest bridge on the Norfolk-Southern RR between Washington DC and New Orleans.
Facts
- Overview
- Bridge over North Fork Broad River on Norfolk Southern Railway, Greenville-Atlanta Subdivision
- Location
- Stephens County, Georgia
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1919
- Railroads
- - Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Southern Railway (SOU)
- Design
- Deck plate girder
- Recognition
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Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- North Broad Trestle
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +34.57210, -83.37909 (decimal degrees)
34°34'20" N, 83°22'45" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/281757/3828163 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Ayersville
- Inventory number
- BH 58281 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- September 29, 2014: New photo from Joseph Hinson
- September 28, 2014: Updated by Joseph Hinson: Added description and brief history as well as a photo with two trains on bridge
- February 20, 2014: New photos from Michael Miller
- October 3, 2013: Added by Michael Miller