Wednesday, August 27, 2025

CSX/L&N Bridge over Apalachicola River near Chattahoochee

(Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)

Andrew Waldo posted three photos with the comment:
Apalachicola River, Florida: Bridge No. 154 over the Apalachicola River, Louisville & Nashville Railroad. This impressive set of bridge types crossing the Apalachicola River, known collectively as L&N’s Bridge No. 154, included Pile Trestle approaches, a 275’ Thru Draw Span, 2 Pony Truss Spans at 115’ 9” each, and a Thru Truss Span at 154’ 5”. Although the Bridge Tender’s House was not photographed, the Pile Trestles supporting its platform are pictured here. When these photographs were taken on 20 February 1917, Bridge No. 154 included sections built/rebuilt in 1882, 1886, 1894, 1908, 1909, 1913, and 1917.
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 originals by, and are in the Digital Image Collection of, Andrew Waldo. For high-resolution scans in archival .tif format, PM me.
Bill Husband: Located near Blountstown, Florida (from Explore Rail History research)
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Dennis DeBruler commented on Bill's comment
It looks like it is a lot closer to Chattahoochee, https://maps.app.goo.gl/g9oFNGuB2P6oesP49. 1954/67 Tallahassee topo map with a scale of 250,000.
Bill Husband: Dennis DeBruler I asked Google.Gemini (AI) what was closest!

2011 photo by Ben Tate via BridgeHunter

Christa Berit, May 2025

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