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Chunky River Railroad Bridge (East)

Newton County, Mississippi
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East Chunky River Railroad Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in April 2011

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Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Chunky River on Norfolk Southern Railway
Location
Newton County, Mississippi
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1905 by A.M. Blodgett of Kansas City
Builder
- A.M. Blodgett of Kansas City, Missouri
Design
Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+32.32399, -88.91658   (decimal degrees)
32°19'26" N, 88°54'60" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/319593/3577961 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Chunky
Inventory number
BH 48580 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

A.M. Blodgett (18)
Built 1905 (554)
Built during 1900s (4,266)
Chunky River (3)
Mississippi (456)
Newton County, Mississippi (5)
Norfolk Southern Railway (459)
 Open (28,453)
Owned by railroad (4,120)
Pratt through truss (3,184)
Pratt truss (5,687)
Through truss (9,250)
Truss (23,609)

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  • April 8, 2011: Added by C Hanchey

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Chunky River Railroad Bridge
Posted April 10, 2011, by Bob Morgan (morgans212 [at] nc [dot] rr [dot] com)

The railroad is actually Kansas City Southern, although NS trains also run here as part of track use agreememts.

It was previously Illinois Central, I think.

Here's a map http://www.kcsouthern.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/system_map.pdf