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Southern Railway Bridge

McMinn County, Tennessee
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Norfolk Southern Railway Bridge over Lee Hwy

Photo taken by C Hanchey

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)

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Overview
Girder bridge over Old Lee Hwy on Norfolk Southern Railway
Location
McMinn County, Tennessee
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1930 by the Virginia Bridge & Iron Co.
Builder
- Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. of Roanoke, Virginia
Design
Girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 51.8 ft.
Total length: 151.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.49000, -84.57722   (decimal degrees)
35°29'24" N, 84°34'38" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/719778/3930083 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Athens
Inventory numbers
TN 540A9450001 (Tennessee bridge number)
BH 52493 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
3,530

Categories 

Built 1930 (1,286)
Built during 1930s (8,799)
Girder (3,942)
McMinn County, Tennessee (2)
Open (29,404)
Owned by railroad (4,902)
 Railroad (5,594)
Span length 50-75 feet (7,202)
Tennessee (828)
Total length 125-175 feet (4,250)
Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. (78)

Update Log 

  • May 19, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Active Railroad"
  • May 18, 2012: Added by C Hanchey

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