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Warrior-Trafford Bridge

Jefferson County, Alabama

Photos 

Warrior-Trafford Bridge

The Birmingham News: May 24 1953

BH Photo #468892

Map 

Description 

Sat 100 feet above the Locust Fork River.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Camelback through truss bridge over Locust Fork-Little Warrior River on Warrior-Trafford Road
Location
Jefferson County, Alabama
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Replaced 1952
Design
8-panel, pinned Camelback through truss
(2)5-panel, pinned Pratt through trusses
Also called
Locust Fork Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+33.83016, -86.75616   (decimal degrees)
33°49'49" N, 86°45'22" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/522563/3743351 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 88762 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Alabama (1,014)
Camelback truss (414)
Jefferson County, Alabama (135)
Lost (28,561)
Lost 1952 (63)
Lost during 1950s (870)
 Owned by county (21,616)
Pratt through truss (6,066)
Pratt truss (10,314)
Replaced by new bridge (19,427)
Through truss (16,834)
Truss (35,523)

Update Log 

  • March 28, 2020: New photos from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • March 28, 2020: Added by Tony Dillon

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
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Warrior-Trafford Bridge
Posted March 29, 2021, by Andrew (Andrewandrewpainting [at] gmail [dot] com )

I saw the concrete columns from the old bridge in the woods around the Modern one. I may've even seen some more of the old one on the opposite bank. Both are beautiful