Rating:
4 votes
CSX - Hilton Drawbridge
Facts
- 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)
- Railroads
- - CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Family Lines System (FL)
- Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL)
- Seaboard System Railroad (SBD)
- Design
- Warren truss bascule span with deck girder approaches
- Also called
- SBD - Hilton Drawbridge
SCL - Hilton Drawbridge
CSX - Cape Fear River Bridge - 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)
- Quadrangle map:
- Castle Hayne
- Inventory number
- BH 49215 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 6, 2017: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- January 17, 2016: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: added offical name for bridge
- November 30, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- June 27, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
- December 12, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
- August 29, 2013: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- 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
Related Bridges
- SCL - Hilton Drawbridge (Old) (Successor)
Sources
- Hilton Railroad Bridge
- Luke
- Douglas Butler
- Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Comments
Hilton Railroad Bridge
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.
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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.