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NS - Powell River Bridge

Claiborne County, Tennessee

Photos 

Photo taken in October 2010 by Calvin Sneed

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BH Photo #180253

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Warren deck truss bridge over Powell River on Norfolk Southern Railway
Location
Claiborne County, Tennessee
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- Knoxville, Cumberland Gap & Louisville Railroad (KCG&L)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Powell's Valley Railroad (PV)
Design
Warren deck truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.51151, -83.68437   (decimal degrees)
36°30'41" N, 83°41'04" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/259610/4044036 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Middlesboro South
Inventory number
BH 46399 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,630)
Built 1895 (277)
Built during 1890s (2,996)
Claiborne County, Tennessee (5)
Deck truss (1,745)
Knoxville, Cumberland Gap & Louisville Railroad (3)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1,949)
Open (39,985)
 Owned by railroad (12,502)
Powell's Valley Railroad (2)
Railroad (15,605)
Tennessee (1,226)
Truss (32,980)
Warren deck truss (604)
Warren truss (6,583)

Update Log 

  • October 3, 2010: Added by Calvin Sneed

Sources 

  • Calvin Sneed - us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Comments 

NS - Powell River Bridge
Posted September 23, 2018, by Sandra Wisecup (sandywisecup [at] gmail [dot] com)

This is so exciting to find photos of this old RR trestle. My Grandmother use to walk across it on her way to and from school. Once while crossing a train came, she dropped through and held on. Other kids followed her example and survived that day.