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UP - Morley Lift Bridge

West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

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Morley Railroad Bridge

Photo taken by Kris Cook

View this photo at panoramio.com

BH Photo #239513

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Overview
Bridge over Port Allen Canal on Union Pacific Railroad
Location
Morley, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Texas & Pacific Railway (T&P)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+30.39510, -91.32328   (decimal degrees)
30°23'42" N, 91°19'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/661082/3363760 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Lobdell
Inventory number
BH 53278 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Have street view (26,946)
Louisiana (702)
Morley, Louisiana (1)
Movable (2,969)
Navigable waterway (2,152)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1,917)
Open (39,882)
Owned by railroad (12,422)
 Railroad (15,412)
Texas & Pacific Railway (38)
Through truss (15,060)
Truss (32,782)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,373)
Vertical lift (420)
West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana (9)

Update Log 

  • December 9, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • November 27, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
  • November 27, 2016: New photo from C Hanchey
  • September 9, 2013: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • September 17, 2012: New photo from Jared Mixson
  • August 27, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Edited type: Bridge is a vertical lift through truss.
  • August 27, 2012: Added by Jared Mixson

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UP - Morley Lift Bridge
Posted April 24, 2020, by donnie jones (djmgdl [at] me [dot] com)

I worked in the signal department for TP, MP, and UP. In the early '70s I believe, a freight train went off the tracks into the canal and killed the engineer and brakeman. A signalman in the Fort Worth signal shop built a system of insuring that the rails were aligned before the trains could proceed across the bridge. His name was Jimmy Burger. That is what happened. The train had a clear signal without the bridge being in proper position.