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Tennessee Southern Railroad Elk River Bridge

Giles County, Tennessee

Photos 

TSRR over Elk River

Photo taken by Lee in March 2009

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BH Photo #137216

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Elk River on Tennessee Southern Railroad in Prospect
Location
Prospect, Giles County, Tennessee
Status
Closed to all traffic
Railroad
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad (LN)
Design
Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.01420, -86.99730   (decimal degrees)
35°00'51" N, 86°59'50" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/500246/3874617 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Elkton
Inventory number
BH 42356 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Closed (2,665)
Giles County, Tennessee (34)
Louisville & Nashville Railroad (278)
Pratt through truss (5,392)
Pratt truss (9,299)
Prospect, Tennessee (1)
Tennessee (1,223)
Through truss (15,065)
Truss (32,788)

Update Log 

  • May 27, 2013: New photos from Ben Tate
  • April 18, 2009: New photos from Lee
  • April 16, 2009: Added by Lee

Sources 

  • Lee Horn
  • Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Comments 

Tennessee Southern Railroad Elk River Bridge
Posted November 22, 2010, by C Hanchey (cmh2315 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

The rail line just south of this bridge in Limestone County, Alabama was coverted to the Richard Martin Trail as part of a rails to trails project.