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Cumberland River Bridge (Louisville & Nashville Railroad)

Shelby Bottoms Railroad Bridge

The Shelby Bottoms Railroad Bridge carries CSX Railroad, formerly the Louisville & Nashville Railroad (L&N), over the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee. It was built so that the L&N’s freight trains could bypass downtown and Union Station.


The substructure and steel erection was handled by the Foster-Creighton-Gould Company of Nashville and the steel superstructure was erected by the American Bridge Company of New York. The approximate 3,000-foot crossing, including the 300-foot main Camelback through truss span, three 200-foot Warren through truss spans, and three 135-foot deck truss spans, was completed in the fall of 1913.

Cumberland River Bridge (Louisville & Nashville Railroad)
Cumberland River Bridge (Louisville & Nashville Railroad)
Cumberland River Bridge (Louisville & Nashville Railroad)
Cumberland River Bridge (Louisville & Nashville Railroad)
Cumberland River Bridge (Louisville & Nashville Railroad)

Information

  • State:
  • Route: CSX
  • Type: Camelback through truss, Warren through truss
  • Status: Active - Railroad
  • Total Length: 3,000 feet
  • Main Span Length: 300 feet
  • Spans:
  • Navigational Clearance:


Sources

  1. Engineering Record 28.9 (1913). Print.

2 thoughts on “Shelby Bottoms Railroad Bridge”

  1. Rebecca Ratz says:
    January 11, 2021 at 5:00 pm

    Do you know where there might be any historic images/photos of this bridge?

    Reply
  2. Karren Pell says:
    November 14, 2021 at 8:45 pm

    When was it last checked or repaired

    Reply

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