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FIMX - Piney Creek Trestle

Cumberland County, Tennessee, and Roane County, Tennessee

Photos 

Photo taken by Calvin Sneed in June 2010

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BH Photo #167574

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Piney Creek on Norfolk Southern Railroad Spur
Location
Cumberland County, Tennessee, and Roane County, Tennessee
Status
Open to traffic
Builders
- Naugle, Holcomb & Co. of Chicago, Illinois (Erection)
- Waddell & Hedrick of Kansas City, Missouri (Design)
Railroads
- Franklin Industrial Minerals Railroad (FIMX)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Tennessee Southern Railroad (TSRR)
Design
Deck plate girder
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.85440, -84.73760   (decimal degrees)
35°51'16" N, 84°44'15" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/704295/3970163 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Rockwood
Inventory number
BH 45501 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

County line crossing (534)
Cumberland County, Tennessee (24)
Deck girder (6,398)
Franklin Industrial Minerals Railroad (13)
Girder (11,345)
Have street view (29,873)
Naugle, Holcomb & Co. (1)
Norfolk Southern Railway (2,151)
Open (41,201)
 Owned by railroad (13,727)
Plate girder (8,875)
Railroad (16,665)
Roane County, Tennessee (21)
Steel Trestle (152)
Tall Bridges (326)
Tennessee (1,270)
Tennessee Southern Railroad (6)
Waddell & Hedrick (10)

Update Log 

  • April 25, 2017: New photos from Dave King
  • November 12, 2013: New photos from Shane Passmore
  • June 14, 2010: Added by Calvin Sneed

Sources 

  • Calvin Sneed - us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Shane Passmore - aa5te [dot] kb5ehr [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
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FIMX - Piney Creek Trestle
Posted May 27, 2019, by John Jolly (jovialjohn2009 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Love those pics. As I understand the story my Grandfather worked on the crew that built that Trestle. I know for a fact that my dad took me swimming in that little swimming hole just up from that Trestle. Last time I was there that area was surrounded by a fence and was no longer accessible. What a shame.

Piney Creek Railroad Bridge
Posted April 10, 2013, by Carroll Jernigan (carrolljrngn [at] aol [dot] com)

This is another bridge originally built by the Tennessee Central Railroad that fell into the hands of the Southern Railway after TC's 1968 bankruptcy. This bridge along with three beautiful trestles are located in a thirteen mile stretch of track now operated by a limestone mining co in Crab Orchard, TN. After the closure of the TC the Tennessee State legislature passed a bill allowing the state to purchase the entire rail line and hopefully operate it as a tourist railroad. That bill was vetoed by the Governor.