Rating:
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SOU - SQVR Overpass
Facts
- Overview
- Abandoned closed-spandrel arch bridge over abandoned Sequatchie Valley Railroad on abandoned Southern Railway
- Location
- South Pittsburg, Marion County, Tennessee
- Status
- Abandoned
- History
- Abandoned 1909
- Railroads
- - Sequatchie Valley Railroad (1867) (SQVR)
- Southern Railway (SOU)
- Design
- Closed-spandrel arch
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +35.01784, -85.69538 (decimal degrees)
35°01'04" N, 85°41'43" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/619026/3875799 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- South Pittsburg
- Inventory number
- BH 56429 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 5, 2015: New photos from Kristen Wells
- September 30, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Sequatchie Valley Railroad"
- May 31, 2013: Added by Luke Harden
Comments
Abandoned Railroad Overpass
This should actually be listed in Marion County, TN...not Claiborne. This is in South Pittsburg, just off Hwy 72 near the "River Park" alongside the Tennessee River -- in the shadow of the Shelby Rhinehart Bridge. The tunnel formerly carried trackage for the Sequatchie Valley Railroad, which now follows a different route.
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In the early 1900s the Southern Railway began to build its own railroad from Chattanooga to Stevenson, Alabama so they could avoid trackage rights on the Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railroad. However, Southern abandoned the project due to a lack of funds. This bridge is one of the few remnants.