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Fortune Street Bridge (Old)

Hillsborough County, Florida

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Fortune Street Bridge

Replaced

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in December 2018

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BH Photo #439567

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Hillsborough River on Fortune Street
Location
Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1892; Replaced 1926
Builder
- American Bridge & Iron Co. of Roanoke, Virginia (Reorganised 1895 as Virginia Bridge & Iron Co.)
Railroads
- Consumers Electric Light & Street Railway Co. (CEL&SR)
- Streetcar
- Tampa Electric Co. (TECO)
Design
Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+27.95457, -82.46492   (decimal degrees)
27°57'16" N, 82°27'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/355896/3093033 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Tampa
Inventory number
BH 67749 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,063)
American Bridge & Iron Co. (2)
Beam (17,108)
Built 1892 (248)
Built during 1890s (3,279)
Consumers Electric Light & Street Railway Co. (3)
Florida (683)
Hillsborough County, Florida (37)
Hillsborough River (19)
Lost (29,982)
Lost 1926 (89)
Lost during 1920s (791)
Movable (3,156)
Navigable waterway (2,224)
 Owned by city (6,162)
Pratt through truss (6,228)
Pratt truss (10,535)
Rail-and-Road (400)
Railroad (16,665)
Replaced by new bridge (20,398)
Streetcar (292)
Swing (1,591)
Tampa Electric Co. (4)
Tampa, Florida (21)
Through truss (17,852)
Timber stringer (4,390)
Truss (36,750)

Update Log 

  • December 19, 2018: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • May 23, 2015: Added by Luke

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