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BNSF - Tombigee River Bridge
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Old Aberdeen Railroad Bridge
Photo taken by C Hanchey in May 2010
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BH Photo #166332
Description
Original swing truss bridge built 1887 by the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad; Center pier removed in 1969 and Baltimore truss installed by the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad
Facts
- Overview
- Baltimore through truss bridge over Tombigbee River on BNSF Railway
- Location
- Aberdeen, Monroe County, Mississippi
- Status
- Closed to all traffic
- History
- Original swing truss bridge built 1887; Swing truss and center pier removed in 1969 and Baltimore through truss span installed
- Railroads
- - BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad (KCM&B)
- St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (SLSF; Frisco)
- Design
- Baltimore through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 153.0 ft.
Total length: 198.0 ft.
- Also called
- Frisco Tombigee River Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +33.82709, -88.53793 (decimal degrees)
33°49'38" N, 88°32'17" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/357681/3744048 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Aberdeen
- Inventory number
- BH 45383 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 24, 2010: Added by C Hanchey
This bridge does not look like a 1969 bridge, but instead could have been relocated. Evidence cited is the fact the bridge is a Baltimore design, as opposed to a warren design In addition it lacks punch-plate diagonals, typical of railroad truss bridges of the 1960s and 70s.