Manatee River Railroad Bridge - Bradenton, Florida, USA - Railroad Bridges on Waymarking.com

Located on the Manatee River between Palmetto and Bradenton is the Manatee River railroad bridge. It is a bascule plate girder bridge. It’s design is pony plate girder. This is an active railroad bridge that is not tended. The draw is normally in the fully open position, displaying green lights to indicate that vessels may pass. As a train approaches, provided the scanners do not detect a vessel under the draw, the lights change to flashing red and a horn continuously sounds while the draw closes. The draw remains closed until the train passes. After the train clears the bridge, the lights continue to flash red and the horn again continuously sounds while the draw opens, until the draw is fully open and the lights return to green.

It is used by the CSX Railroad. The CSX Railroad was created in 1987 by the merging of the Seaboard System Railroad with the Chessie System Railroad.

It’s Bridgehunter.com inventory number is BH 36612

Bridge Type: Girder Bridge Usage: Railroad Moving Bridge: Bascule (two sections, lift up from center)

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Date Logged Log User Rating   06/08/2019 BoomersOTR visited it