SOU - Second Broad River Bridge
Photos
Second River Railroad Truss Bridge
Looking North - Brush was very heavy and I couldn't find a good place for an profile shot.
Photo taken by Michael Miller in October 2013
BH Photo #268156
Description
Abandoned Pratt half-through truss bridge that formerly carried the Southern Railway across the Second Broad RiverFacts
- Overview
- Abandoned bridge over Second Broad River on Abandoned Southern Railway
- Location
- Rutherford County, North Carolina
- Status
- Derelict/abandoned
- Railroad
- - Southern Railway (SOU)
- Design
- Parker Through Truss
Pratt half-through pony truss - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +35.30861, -81.80646 (decimal degrees)
35°18'31" N, 81°48'23" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/426685/3907565 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Forest City
- Inventory number
- BH 58325 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- September 20, 2015: Updated by Luke: Merged photograph posted to the forum by Jane Gurle
- October 9, 2013: Updated by Michael Miller: Changed "Design" to "Pratt half-through truss"
- October 8, 2013: Added by Michael Miller
Sources
- Michael Miller - michael_a_miller [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Luke
Comments
I have a good photo of this bridge before it was torn down. We used to drive over this bridge every time we went to my great-grandparents' home between Caroleen and Ellenboro, NC
Looks like a half-pony to me. No overhead bracing.
Well, I got the pictures and confirmed what you guys speculated. It does appear to be a half-truss. The area was extremely difficult to get to, despite the short distance. The greenery was very thick. The area to the north was an industrial site where sand was being dredged for construction use, so that was off-limits. Couldn't see it from the road bridge upstream either. I was able to traverse the old railroad bed on the east side, but there were no good photo ops. All the pictures but one were from the west shore and short of me wading in the river, I did the best I could to get a profile shot. The pictures do not do this structure any justice and it was a much more impressive structure than I imagined. I will have to get back there after the leaves fall for better perspectives.
Good luck.
If it is indeed a half-through truss, that's pretty cool.
This bridge looks like I could easily get a picture, so I'm heading out there today to take some. Stay tuned and I will have them posted this afternoon.
Looks like one to me...
This bridge looks like it MIGHT be a half-through truss in Bing's Bird's Eye view. (Looking southerly from the north, specifically)
Anyone else think that it looks like a half-through truss?
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/nc/rutherford/bh58325/
Hmmm....
The image Jane provided is not a half truss railroad bridge. I wonder if that bridge is the original bridge that crossed the river north of this bridge on Low Bridge Road.