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SP - Atchafalaya River Bridge

St. Martin Parish, Louisiana

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SP - Atchafalaya River Bridge

Photo from Country Roads Magazine

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #462272

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Bridge over Atchafalaya River on SP RR
Location
Atchafalaya, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
Status
Removed but not replaced
History
Built 1908
Railroad
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
Design
Through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+30.34459, -91.72008   (decimal degrees)
30°20'41" N, 91°43'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/623022/3357664 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 87423 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Atchafalaya, Louisiana (1)
Built 1908 (789)
Built during 1900s (7,683)
Lost (29,050)
Lost 1930 (114)
Lost during 1930s (934)
Louisiana (729)
 Movable (3,135)
Southern Pacific Railroad (691)
St. Martin Parish, Louisiana (18)
Swing (1,575)
Through truss (17,185)
Truss (35,934)

Update Log 

  • February 5, 2020: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • December 10, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs

Sources 

  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Douglas Butler

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