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CSX - Cleveland Street Overpass
Photo
Wofford Railroad Bridge
I generated a shall we say interesting response for a city LEO while I was about to make this shot. Click on the Flickr link and read the detailed caption for me.
Photo taken by Joseph Hinson
BH Photo #255568
Description
A multi track bridge that crosses Cleveland Street in Spartanburg, SC. It is lettered for Wofford, which is not a railroad company, but the nearby college. I have heard, but not confirmed, that it is lettered for Wofford because in the past, the bridge would be vandalized and it was assumed that if it was painted for the college, then the kids would take some ownership of the bridge and stop that.Facts
- Overview
- Bridge over Cleveland Street on CSX Railroad (former Clinchfield)
- Location
- Spartanburg County, South Carolina
- Status
- Open to traffic
- Railroads
- - CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railroad (CCO; Clinchfield)
- Design
- Deck plate girder
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +34.95909, -81.92945 (decimal degrees)
34°57'33" N, 81°55'46" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/415142/3868901 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Spartanburg
- Inventory number
- BH 56490 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- Joseph Hinson - joethephotog [at] yahoo [dot] com
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I cannot confirm what the description says about painting with the school name to keep vandals from painting it, but if it is true, it works because I live in Spartanburg & I have never seen that bridge with any vandalism on it.