CSX/L&N Lift Bridge over Tennessee River at Bridgeport, AL

(Bridge Hunter, HAER; Satellite)

 

After moved from Danville, TN Bridge

Since TVA maintains a 9-foot navigation channel on most of the Tennessee River, when CSX abandoned its route over Danville, TN, it floated the spans it needed from Danville to Bridgeport to replace a swing span.

General Elevation from Library of Congress, cropped

Fort Loudoun Lock posted
Railroad bridge near Bridgeport, AL on the Tennessee River as seen from the pilothouse of a towboat. Another gorgeous cut of river! 🙂  📸 Credit to Tony Roberts
Denton Bloodworth: Bridge tender would to throw us newspapers from that bridge .we would make him up a goodie bag .thats been closed to 15 years ago

Jim Pearson Photography posted

Norfolk Southern intermodal train crosses lift bridge over the Tennessee River on the CSX Chattanooga Subdivision, at Bridgeport, Alabama, as they make their way to the NS CNO&TP (Rathole) Second District and on north on April 26, 2024.

Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 150.

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Tim Shanahan shared

Bridges Now and Then posted
"Bridgeport Swing Span Railroad Bridge, Bridgeport, Alabama, 1980" (Historic Structures)
"Partial side view of swing bridge in open position. The operator's house is in the center of the truss bridge, directly over the center/pivot stone masonry pier. Note the two (2) center supports with the truss loads being delivered to the drum by a system of distributing girders. The swing bridge revolved on a cylindrical drum supported by rollers running on a circular track on the center/pivot pier." (HS)

Dennis DeBruler: 1 of 18 photos in the historic record: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/al0340/

"Significance: The Bridgeport Swing Span Railroad Bridge embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period and method of construction. Its method of construction (pin-connected) is rare for a swing bridge." [HAER_data]