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South Carrollton Avenue Bridge (Mechanism Removed)

Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Photos 

Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923

View this photo at Wikimedia Commons

BH Photo #353695

Map 

Description 

The former bridge was a Overhead counterweight bascule bridge before the two concrete counterweight with the drive machinery in the middle along with towers removed and converted to a fixed span

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pony/through plate girder bridge over New Basin Canal on South Carrollton Avenue & New Orleans Public Service Incorporated
Location
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
Railroads
- New Orleans & Carrollton Railroad (NO&C)
- New Orleans Public Service Incorporated (NOPSI)
Design
Pony plate girder
Approximate latitude, longitude
+29.96788, -90.10752   (decimal degrees)
29°58'04" N, 90°06'27" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/779122/3318747 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
New Orleans East
Inventory number
BH 72234 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Girder (10,372)
Lost (25,267)
Louisiana (704)
New Basin Canal (7)
New Orleans & Carrollton Railroad (2)
New Orleans Public Service Incorporated (3)
New Orleans, Louisiana (59)
One-lane traffic (7,618)
 Orleans Parish, Louisiana (57)
Owned by city (5,551)
Plate girder (8,044)
Rail-and-Road (383)
Railroad (15,664)
Replaced by new bridge (17,010)
Through girder (3,875)

Update Log 

  • May 19, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Douglas Butler
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