FG&A/CSX/L&N Bridge over Choctawhatchee River at Caryville, FL

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FG&A =  Florida, Gulf and Atlantic

Street View, Apr 2021

This better shows the swing span.

Street View, Jan 2024

Andrew Waldo posted two photos with the comment:

Caryville, Florida: Bridge #54 over Choctawhatchie River and Bridge #54 Bridge Tender’s House, Louisville & Nashville Railroad. L&N’s Bridge #54 over the Choctawhatchie River at Caryville, Florida had Pile Trestle Approaches, a Thru Draw Span and a Thru Truss Span. The metal spans in this photo were constructed in 1909 and the pile trestle approaches in 1914. The Bridge Tender’s House, of which “Part blown away during storm. Repaired”, was constructed in 1884. Bridge #54 was photographed on 16 February 1917 and the Bridge Tender’s House on 20 February 1918.

Credit: National Archives & Records Administration, ICC Engineering Field Notes, Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Florida. Digital Image Collection of Andrew Waldo.

All photos and Documents from these records were hand-scanned at the Archives from the original prints by, and are in the Digital Image Collection of, Andrew Waldo. For high-resolution scans in archival .tif format, PM me.

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2011 photo by C Hanchey via BridgeHunter

2011 photo by C Hanchey via BridgeHunter