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Hilton Railroad Bridge

New Hanover County, North Carolina
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Photo taken by Irma Hale in July 2011

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Overview
Warren through truss bridge over Northeast Cape Fear River on CSX Railroad
Location
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1971
Builders
- Bethlehem Steel Co. of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Fabricator)
- McLean Contracting Co. of Baltimore, Maryland (Erector)
Design
Warren truss bascule span with deck girder approaches
Approximate latitude, longitude
+34.25870, -77.94815   (decimal degrees)
34°15'31" N, 77°56'53" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/228528/3794774 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Castle Hayne
Inventory number
BH 49215 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bascule (559)
Bethlehem Steel Co. (50)
Built 1971 (55)
Built during 1970s (494)
CSX Railroad (581)
McLean Contracting Co. (1)
Movable (1,355)
New Hanover County, North Carolina (9)
North Carolina (305)
 Open (28,302)
Railroad (4,068)
Scherzer-type rolling lift (12)
Through truss (9,202)
Truss (23,562)
Warren through truss (925)
Warren truss (3,956)
Wilmington, North Carolina (5)

Update Log 

  • August 24, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
  • August 23, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Edited builder to show which one was the fabricator and which one was the erector.
  • July 27, 2011: Added by Irma Hale

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Hilton Railroad Bridge
Posted August 23, 2012, by Sean Mitchell (Bio-d-max [at] comcast [dot] net)

Bridge steel and some preassembly completed by Bethlehem steel in baltimore. Spans were barged to site and the bridge and the cranes which constructed it were done by McLean Contracting Company, baltimore md. 1972. At the time, it was the longest bascule span on east coast. George Mitchell built a "Derrick" to set the spans, which was named the "cape fear", and is still in use today! The bridge was built by McLean Contracting company.

Hilton Railroad Bridge
Posted August 23, 2012, by Sean Mitchell (Bio-d-max [at] comcast [dot] net)

Bridge steel and some preassembly completed by Bethlehem steel in baltimore. Spans were barged to site and the bridge and the cranes which constructed it were done by McLean Contracting Company, baltimore md. 1972. At the time, it was the longest bascule span on east coast. George Mitchell built a "Derrick" to set the spans, which was named the "cape fear", and is still in use today! The bridge was built by McLean Contracting company.