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CSX Railroad Bridge

Lawrence County, Tennessee
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Deck Shot

Photo taken by J.P.

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Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over CSX Railroad on NFA 1761
Location
Lawrence County, Tennessee
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1942
Design
Pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 42.9 ft.
Total length: 64.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.00439, -87.60707   (decimal degrees)
35°00'16" N, 87°36'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/444606/3873697 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Saint Joseph
Inventory numbers
TN 50017610001 (Tennessee bridge number)
BH 32603 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2011)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 65.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2012)
120

Categories 

Built 1942 (162)
Built during 1940s (2,796)
CSX Railroad (581)
Functionally obsolete (7,040)
Howe pony truss (36)
Howe truss (249)
Lawrence County, Tennessee (12)
Open (28,314)
Owned by county (16,490)
 Pony truss (13,217)
Span length 25-50 feet (10,054)
Tennessee (772)
Total length 50-75 feet (6,897)
Truss (23,574)
Uncovered wooden truss (31)
Wooden deck (5,398)
Wooden railroad overpass (34)

Update Log 

  • August 20, 2011: New photos from Ben Tate
  • June 21, 2010: New photos from James McCray
  • June 20, 2010: New photos from J.P.

Sources 

  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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CSX Railroad Bridge
Posted June 21, 2010, by J.P.

This bridge is a uncovered wooden pony truss. Though it has had some sheet metal placed the top of the wood for protection.