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NS - Little River Bridge

Blount County, Tennessee

Photos 

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Photo posted to Wikipedia by user Brian Stansberry

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #360196

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Little River on Norfolk Southern Railway
Location
Blount County, Tennessee
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1900 by the Edge Moor Bridge Works
Builder
- Edge Moor Bridge Works of Wilmington, Delaware
Railroads
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Southern Railway (SOU)
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 133.0 ft.
Total length: 305.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on July 25, 1989
Also called
Southern - Little River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.84808, -83.94563   (decimal degrees)
35°50'53" N, 83°56'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/233971/3971104 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Maryville
Inventory numbers
NRHP 89000911 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 50299 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Blount County, Tennessee (40)
Built 1900 (920)
Built during 1900s (7,252)
Edge Moor Bridge Works (69)
NR-listed (2,961)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1,948)
Open (39,975)
Owned by railroad (12,497)
Pin-connected (3,920)
 Pratt through truss (5,423)
Pratt truss (9,344)
Railroad (15,600)
Southern Railway (364)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,236)
Tennessee (1,226)
Through truss (15,174)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,256)
Truss (32,954)

Update Log 

  • November 2, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • October 31, 2017: New photos from C Hanchey
  • August 12, 2016: Photo imported by Dave King
  • November 21, 2011: Added by J.P.

Sources 

  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com

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