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CSX - North Main Street Overpass
Photos
North Main Street Railroad Bridge
Columbia, SC
Photo taken by Joseph Hinson in December 2012
BH Photo #244480
Description
Not a typical design that we see here in the south for a railroad bridge over a road. Originally built for Seaboard Air Line, now operated by CSX Railroad. Also sees two daily Amtrak trains.Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over North Main Street on Railroad
- Location
- Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina
- Status
- Open to traffic
- Railroads
- - Amtrak (AMTK)
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Seaboard Air Line Railway (SAL)
- Design
- Warren through truss with all verticals
- Dimensions
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Span length: 46.9 ft.
Total length: 46.9 ft.
- Also called
- SAL - North Main Street Overpass
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +34.02735, -81.04210 (decimal degrees)
34°01'38" N, 81°02'32" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/496113/3765188 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Columbia North
- Inventory numbers
- SC 4020002100190 (South Carolina bridge number)
BH 54664 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 4, 2017: New photo from Michael Miller
- December 9, 2012: Updated by Clark Vance: Corrected overview
- December 9, 2012: New photo from Joseph Hinson
- November 29, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Corrected type to truss and added categories
- November 29, 2012: Added by Joseph Hinson
Sources
- Joseph Hinson - joethephotog [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Luke
- Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
- Michael Miller - michael_a_miller [at] yahoo [dot] com
Comments
North Main Street Railroad Bridge
Robert,
Based on the riveted connections of the bridge, but the stone masonry on the substructures, I would say about 1900 to 1905. Would others here agree with my conclusion?
North Main Street Railroad Bridge
Was wondering when this North Main Street Railroad Bridge was built ? Thank you
R Watkins
Blythewood, SC
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Based on the abundance of rolled beams on the truss, as well as some truss members that have plate with so-called "punched holes" I would suggest the truss dates to at after 1940 and rests on a substructure from a previous bridge. The truss could be as late as the 1960s.