Wednesday, July 9, 2025

3 ACL Bridges over Cape Fear River in Fayetteville, NC

From North to South:
SCL: (Bridge Hunter; Satellite)
East: (Bridge Hunter; Satellite)

Ken Riley posted two photos with the comment: "RailPictures.Net Photo: CSXT 5533 CSX Transportation (CSXT) GE B30-7 at Fayetteville, North Carolina by Douglas G. Walker."
1
Dre Ballard: This shot is just north of Fayetteville at “North Milan” Cape Fear River milepost A206
[The bridge on the left was abandoned by Seaboard Coast Line, but it is still maintained because it carries sewer and water lines.]

2
Tom Kadesch: South Branch Valley RR in WV.
[I made the photo small since it is not of the Fayetteville Bridge.]

This captures the water and sewer pipelines that are now carried by the SCL bridge.
BridgeHunter_SCL, 2009 photo by Bob Morgan

The CSX bridge is in the foreground and the SCL abandoned bridge is in the background. It appears that some of the truss spans in the CSX bridge got replaced by steel girders.
BridgeHunter_CSX, 2009 photo by Bob Morgan

This view allows us to see the mixed spans in the CSX bridge and the pipelines in the SCL bridge.
BridgeHunter_CSX, 2016 photo by Royce and Bobette Haley

East Bridge:
Street View, Apr 2023

The river was higher when this photo was taken.
BridgeHunter_East, 2016 photo by Royce and Bobette Haley

Every other pier is skinny and made with concrete instead of cut stone, so evidently this bridge replaced some trusses with steel girders.
BridgeHunter_East, 2016 photo by Royce and Bobette Haley

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