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CSX - Sulphur Springs Bridge

Hillsborough County, Florida

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Overview
Through truss bridge over Hillsborough River on CSX Transportation (former Seaboard Air Line Railway)
Location
Hillsborough County, Florida
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Family Lines System (FL)
- Seaboard Air Line Railway (SAL)
- Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL)
- Seaboard System Railroad (SBD)
- Tampa & Gulf Coast Railroad (T&GC)
Design
Riveted, 5-panel Pratt through truss
Also called
SAL - Sulphur Springs Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+28.02186, -82.43532   (decimal degrees)
28°01'19" N, 82°26'07" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/358895/3100454 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Sulphur Springs
Inventory number
BH 12386 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

5-panel truss (485)
CSX Railroad (1,662)
Family Lines System (79)
Florida (655)
Have street view (26,938)
Hillsborough County, Florida (35)
Hillsborough River (19)
Open (39,880)
Owned by railroad (12,415)
Pratt through truss (5,387)
 Pratt truss (9,294)
Railroad (15,411)
Riveted (2,165)
Seaboard Air Line Railway (114)
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (194)
Seaboard System Railroad (103)
Tampa & Gulf Coast Railroad (1)
Through truss (15,053)
Truss (32,773)

Update Log 

  • May 5, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
  • November 6, 2006: Posted photo from Harvey Henkelman

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CSX - Sulphur Springs Bridge
Posted August 4, 2019, by T.Cartright

Here is the Video

https://youtu.be/E-ZPin1NpVI

CSX - Sulphur Springs Bridge
Posted August 4, 2019, by T. Cartright

Here is a short video of this bridge taken June 2019.

https://bridgehunter.com/fl/hillsborough/sulphur-springs-rr/

Sulphur Springs Railroad Bridge
Posted November 6, 2006, by James Adorno (adorno423 [at] aol [dot] com)

If anyone has any info, specifically year built and span length of this bridge, or the truss/bascule next to the Platt St. Bridge (also in Tampa), please share!

Thanks!