Meridian & Bigbee Railroad Bridge -- Alabama River at Selma AL - Moving Bridges on Waymarking.com

This swing bridge was built to cross the Alabama River at Selma AL. The Meridian & Bigbee Railroad built the bridge, but after railroad industry consolidation over the years the bridge is now owned by the CSX railroad.

Blazterz best guess about the date of construction for this bridge is before 1910, since we found a 1910 postcard online showing the bridge swung open.

The bridge is made up of two Parker through-truss sections of slightly different sizes. The longer of the two sections is paced on the moving section of the bridge that hosts the bridgetender's control house in the center.

From bridgehunter.com: (visit link)

"MBNR - Alabama River Bridge (Selma)
Dallas County, Alabama

Overview
Parker through truss bridge over Alabama River on Meridian & Bigbee Railroad

Location
Selma, Dallas County, Alabama

Status
Open to traffic

Railroads
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Family Lines System (FL)
- Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W)
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad (L&N; LN)
- Meridian & Bigbee Railroad (MNBR)
- Seaboard System Railroad (SBD)
- Western Railway of Alabama (WA)

Design
Parker through truss swing bridge"

Here's a YouTube video of the bridge interspersed with still pictures of the bridge opened for boat traffic: (visit link)

Bridge Type: Swing Bridge Built: 01/01/1910 Span: 1000 feet Pedestrian Traffic: no Bicycle Traffic: no Vehicular Traffic: no Railway Traffic: yes

Visit Instructions:
Take a picture of the bridge and record the exact coordinates where the picture was taken.

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