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GM&O - Leaf River Bridge

Perry County, Mississippi

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Abandoned Leaf River Railroad Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in January 2011

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BH Photo #192828

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Overview
Abandoned through truss railroad bridge over Leaf River
Location
Beaumont, Perry County, Mississippi
Status
Abandoned
History
Built 1902
Railroads
- Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad (GMN)
- Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad (GMO)
Design
Pin-connected, 8-panel Parker through truss
Also called
GM&N Leaf River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+31.18348, -88.92063   (decimal degrees)
31°11'01" N, 88°55'14" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/316981/3451524 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Beaumont
Inventory number
BH 44066 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

8-panel truss (389)
Abandoned (3,653)
Beaumont, Mississippi (1)
Built 1902 (521)
Built during 1900s (7,228)
Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad (3)
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad (114)
Have street view (26,956)
Mississippi (692)
 Owned by railroad (12,432)
Parker through truss (1,297)
Parker truss (1,678)
Perry County, Mississippi (9)
Pin-connected (3,902)
Railroad (15,438)
Through truss (15,087)
Truss (32,814)

Update Log 

  • July 10, 2014: New Street View added by Ralph Demars
  • October 12, 2013: New Street View added by Dave King
  • February 10, 2010: Added by Jared Rainer

Sources 

  • Jared Rainer - chumrain [at] bayspringstel [dot] net
  • C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com

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