Rating:
45818
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2 votes
CSX - St Joseph River Bridge
Photos
CSX St Joseph River Bridge
view of main span
Photo taken by Bob Morgan in July 2010
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BH Photo #171945
Description
Bridge is normally left in the open position, and closed only for trains, since there are far more boats than trains. Rotates 360 degrees.
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss swing bridge over St Joseph River on CSX Railroad
- Location
- St. Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1904 for the Pere Marquette Railroad
- Railroads
- - Amtrak (AMTK)
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (C&O; CO)
- Pere Marquette Railway (PM)
- Design
- Polygonal Warren through truss swing bridge
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 231.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.11229, -86.48294 (decimal degrees)
42°06'44" N, 86°28'59" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/542746/4662372 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Benton Harbor
- Inventory number
- BH 45818 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- December 1, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- September 23, 2018: New photos from Steve Conro
- April 29, 2016: New photos from Roger Deschner
- November 14, 2013: New Street View added by J.P.
- August 5, 2010: Added by Bob Morgan
Sources
- Bob Morgan - morgans212 [at] att [dot] net
- Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
- Douglas Butler
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Roger Deschner - rogerdeschner [at] gmail [dot] com
- Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Geoff Hubbs