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LN - Cumberland River Drawbridge (1897)

Davidson County, Tennessee

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July 4th, 1909 edition of The Tennessean

Photo courtesty of The Tennessean; Provided by Debie Oeser Cox of nashvillehistory.blogspot

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Cumberland River on Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Location
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1897; Replaced 1931
Builder
- Pennsylvania Steel Co. of Steelton, Pennsylvania
Railroad
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad (LN)
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 274.6 ft.
Total length: 684.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.17157, -86.77818   (decimal degrees)
36°10'18" N, 86°46'41" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/519948/4003001 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Nashville West
Inventory number
BH 73227 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,637)
Built 1897 (310)
Built during 1890s (3,390)
Cumberland River (58)
Davidson County, Tennessee (82)
Lost (31,822)
Lost 1931 (140)
Lost during 1930s (1,275)
Louisville & Nashville Railroad (306)
Movable (3,191)
Nashville, Tennessee (55)
Navigable waterway (2,242)
Owned by railroad (14,145)
 Pennsylvania Steel Co. (171)
Pin-connected (5,428)
Pratt through truss (6,417)
Pratt truss (10,848)
Railroad (17,008)
Replaced by new bridge (21,705)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,306)
Swing (1,620)
Tennessee (1,286)
Through truss (19,040)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,200)
Truss (38,327)

Update Log 

  • June 10, 2021: New photo from Dave King
  • September 24, 2018: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • August 18, 2016: New photo from Luke

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L&N - Cumberland River Drawbridge (Old)
Posted August 18, 2016, by Debie Oeser Cox (debiecox1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Thanks Luke for sharing this photo from my blog post. This image appeared in the Tennessean on July 4, 1909. It is a photo of the Woodland Street Bridge. In the background you can see the railroad bridge. Although the newspaper image is not very good you can see the tender's house on the railroad bridge. The caption on the image says, "Woodland-Street Bridge, L&N Railway Bridge Beyond." http://nashvillehistory.blogspot.com/2016/08/louisville-nash...

L&N - Cumberland River Drawbridge (Old)
Posted August 18, 2016, by Debie Oeser Cox (debiecox1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Thanks Luke for sharing this photo from my blog post. This image appeared in the Tennessean on July 4, 1909. It is a photo of the Woodland Street Bridge. In the background you can see the railroad bridge. Although the newspaper image is not very good you can see the tender's house on the railroad bridge. The caption on the image says, "Woodland-Street Bridge, L&N Railway Bridge Beyond." http://nashvillehistory.blogspot.com/2016/08/louisville-nash...