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Centreville Bridge

Bibb County, Alabama

Photos 

Centreville Bridge

The Centreville Press: June 16 1910

BH Photo #452756

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Camelback through truss bridge over Cahaba River on AL 25
Location
Centreville, Bibb County, Alabama
Status
Replaced by a new bridge in 1951
History
Built 1910 by the Champion Bridge Company; replaced in 1951
Builder
- Champion Bridge Co. of Wilmington, Ohio
Design
10-panel, pinned Camelback through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+32.94444, -87.13972   (decimal degrees)
32°56'40" N, 87°08'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/486939/3645136 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 86016 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Alabama (971)
Beam (15,719)
Bibb County, Alabama (8)
Built 1910 (1,158)
Built during 1910s (9,636)
Cahaba River (17)
Camelback truss (372)
Centreville, Alabama (2)
Champion Bridge Co. (97)
Half-hip Pratt pony truss (503)
Lost (24,749)
 Lost 1951 (57)
Lost during 1950s (678)
Owned by state (15,996)
Pony truss (16,186)
Pratt pony truss (3,638)
Pratt truss (9,300)
Replaced by new bridge (16,590)
Steel stringer (6,222)
Through truss (15,075)
Truss (32,799)

Update Log 

  • January 14, 2020: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added builder
  • July 21, 2019: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added truss type
  • July 21, 2019: Added by Melissa Brand-Welch

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com

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