CSX/ACL/Columbia, Newberry & Laurens Bridge over Broad River in Columbia, SC

(Archived Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)

The Columbia, Newberry & Laurens Railroad was merged into the ACL in 1924. [carolana]

This ACL bridge is over the Broad River while the Southern and SAL Bridges are over the Congaree River because the Saluda and Broad Rivers merge to form the Congaree River in Columbia.

Street View, Jun 2024

Joseph C. Hinson Photography posted
CSXT 4788 leads a long coal train over Riverfront Park on the Columbia, Newberry & Laurens Railroad in late 2007.

Dennis DeBruler: I knew about the Southern and SAL bridges; this post taught me about the ACL bridge. https://maps.app.goo.gl/BawyhwM8bSrFp4xP7

Broad River appears to be a very appropriate name; the river is wide but shallow.

HAER SC,40-COLUM,18--58
58. VIEW OF POWER CANAL BEING CRISS-CROSSED BY BRIDGES, HISTORIC RAILROAD BRIDGE ON LEFT, LOOKING EAST - Columbia Canal & Power Plant, Waterfront of Broad River, Columbia, Richland County, SC

Joe the Photog Flickr via BridgeHunter
Riverfront Park Coal Train
Taken from Columbia's Riverfront Park of a loaded CSX coal train crossing near the spot where the Broad River meets the Saluda River to form the Congaree River.

Joe the Photog Flickr via BridgeHunter
NS Crosses the Broad -- 11/30/2011 (1)
NS wood chip train crosses the CSX trestle over the spot where the Broad and Saluda meet to form the Congaree River. You have to climb down from the actual park to get to this spot beside the river.

There is hardly any water in the river in this photo.

Hunter Desportes Flickr via BridgeHunter
Coal Train (1981)
Junction of the Broad and Saluda rivers at Columbia, South Carolina, 1981.

This photo made it obvious that truss spans were replaced by steel girder spans. The old piers had an extension added to compensate for the difference in depth between a truss and a girder, and additional piers were added between the old piers because the span of girders is typically shorter than trusses. Additional piers would be relatively cheap in such a shallow river.

Scott Oves Flickr via BridgeHunter
Sunset Bridge