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Waverly Bridge

Clay County, Mississippi, and Lowndes County, Mississippi
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Waverly Railroad Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in May 2010

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Overview
Through truss bridge over Tombigbee River on former Columbus & Greenville Railway
Location
Clay County, Mississippi, and Lowndes County, Mississippi
Status
Closed to all traffic
History
Built 1914 by the Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co.
Builder
- Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Design
Two riveted steel Warren through trusses, cantilevered from center post
Dimensions
Deck width: 18.3 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 23.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on March 20, 1989
Also called
Tombigbee River Railroad Bridge
Columbus & Greenville Railway Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+33.56513, -88.49686   (decimal degrees)
33°33'54" N, 88°29'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/361061/3714944 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Columbus North
Inventory numbers
NRHP 88002412 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 45322 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1914 (532)
Built during 1910s (6,727)
Cantilevered (241)
Cantilevered truss (221)
Clay County, Mississippi (7)
Closed (2,072)
Columbus & Greenville Railway (4)
Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (29)
Lowndes County, Mississippi (9)
Mississippi (454)
 Movable (1,355)
NR-listed (2,353)
Owned by railroad (4,034)
Swing (534)
Through truss (9,200)
Truss (23,558)
Warren through truss (924)
Warren truss (3,955)
Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. (67)

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  • May 20, 2010: Added by C Hanchey

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