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CSX - Savannah River Bridge

Effingham County, Georgia, and Jasper County, South Carolina

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CSX - Savannah River Bridge

Georgia

Photo taken by Douglas Butler

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BH Photo #294592

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Overview
Pratt through truss over Savannah River on former CSX Railroad
Location
Effingham County, Georgia, and Jasper County, South Carolina
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Family Lines System (FL)
- Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL)
- Seaboard System Railroad (SBD)
Design
Pratt through truss swing
Dimensions
Total length: 13,000.0 ft. (2.5 mi.)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+32.52487, -81.26225   (decimal degrees)
32°31'30" N, 81°15'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/475371/3598646 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Brighton
Inventory number
BH 43747 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1909 (775)
Built during 1900s (7,267)
CSX Railroad (1,671)
Effingham County, Georgia (4)
Family Lines System (79)
Georgia (636)
Have street view (27,086)
Jasper County, South Carolina (5)
Movable (2,995)
Navigable waterway (2,154)
Open (39,998)
Over a mile long (301)
Owned by railroad (12,515)
 Pratt through truss (5,436)
Pratt truss (9,361)
Railroad (15,618)
Savannah River (14)
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (198)
Seaboard System Railroad (105)
South Carolina (514)
State line crossing (857)
Swing (1,471)
Through truss (15,217)
Total length over 2500 feet (916)
Truss (33,022)

Update Log 

  • January 14, 2021: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • September 19, 2014: New Street View added by Douglas Butler

Sources 

  • Douglas Butler
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Comments 

CSXT Savannah River Bridge
Posted April 19, 2011, by Robyn Watts (robyntw247 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This bridge was rebuilt in 1968-69 by Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (after the Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line merged in 1967).

CSXT Savannah River Bridge
Posted December 12, 2009, by Robert Thompson

Excellent catch!