Former SLSWRR Overpass over the US 69 -- Tyler TX
N 32° 20.728 W 095° 18.862
15S E 282193 N 3581083
This elegant railroad overpass still proudly sports the name of the Cotton Belt Railroad, the successor to the Tyler Tap RR. The St Louis & Southwestern RR, better known as the "Cotton Belt" is now wholly owned by the the Union Pacific.
Waymark Code: WMPWMY
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/30/2015
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Blasterz LOVE railroad bridges with the names of fallen-flag railroads on them. We have a special affinity for the Cotton Belt, where an adoptive grandfather worked for many decades, before volunteering at the Arkansas RR Museum in Pine Bluff, home of the Cotton Belt 819 steam locomotive.
This otherwise ordinary steel stringer RR overpass is dressed up nicely by surprisingly elegant latticework iron fencing along the overpass and the nickname of the St. Louis & Southwestern RR ("The Cotton Belt Route" painted on the decking.
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"Overview
Steel stringer bridge over US 69 on UPRR
Location
Tyler, Smith County, Texas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1939
Railroads
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway (SSW)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Steel stringer
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 35.1 ft.
Total length: 127.0 ft."
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