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ACL - Baines Creek Bridge
Photos
Photo taken by Akemi Mokoto
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BH Photo #469968
Description
The old mainline of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, also used by Southern Railway.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Bridge over Baines Creek on Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
- Location
- Portsmouth, Virginia
- History
- Built 1912
- Railroad
- - Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL)
- Design
- Swing
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.82806, -76.36407 (decimal degrees)
36°49'41" N, 76°21'51" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/378354/4076666 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Norfolk South
- Inventory number
- BH 63683 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- April 10, 2020: New photos from Akemi Mokoto
- October 16, 2014: Updated by Luke: GPS Fix to Baines Creek
- October 16, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler
I don't believe that's the 1912 bridge though. The details say it was a swing bridge. I'm assuming it was a through truss.