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Bridgeport Swing Span Bridge, Spanning Tennessee River, Bridgeport, Jackson County, AL
Summary
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.
Survey number: HAER AL-8
Building/structure dates: 1890- 1892 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1944- 1945 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1957 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1971 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1972- 1974 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: after 1980 Demolished
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Louisville Bridge & Iron Company
Nashville,Chattanooga, & St. Louis Railway
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Howard, Needles, Tammer, & Bergendoff
Nashville Bridge Company
Clement, Dan, transmitter
Hale, Conrad W, historian
Location
Bridgeport (Ala.), 34.94758, -85.71442
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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