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Saginaw River Railroad Bridge

Saginaw County, Michigan
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CSX Saginaw River Bascule Railroad Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in June 2012

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)

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Overview
Warren through truss with all verticals bridge over Saginaw River on CSX RR
Location
Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1944
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Design
Warren through truss with all verticals
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 160.0 ft.
Total length: 700.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Also called
CSX Saginaw River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.44290, -83.93878   (decimal degrees)
43°26'34" N, 83°56'20" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/262187/4814195 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Saginaw
Inventory number
BH 52110 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abt Bascule Bridge (8)
American Bridge Co. (449)
Bascule (559)
Built 1944 (72)
Built during 1940s (2,795)
Michigan (609)
Movable (1,355)
Open (28,305)
Owned by railroad (4,037)
Pratt through truss (3,166)
Pratt truss (5,658)
 Railroad (4,068)
Riveted (1,011)
Saginaw County, Michigan (24)
Saginaw, Michigan (2)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,954)
Through truss (9,205)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,805)
Truss (23,565)
Warren through truss (926)
Warren through truss with all verticals (143)
Warren truss (3,957)

Update Log 

  • July 8, 2012: New photos from C Hanchey
  • April 19, 2012: Added by Frank Hicks

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