Bayou Sara Swing Bridge
The control houses for many swing spans, including the old Bayou Sara Bridge, are mounted to a platform along the span edge, near the pivot. This requires a counterweight on the opposite girder to …
CSX Bayou Sara Swing Bridge Replacement - HDR
Originally installed in 1928, the single-track, 163-foot-long Bayou Sara Swing Span was scheduled for replacement as part of CSX’s program to upgrade and remotely operate many of their 47 movable …
The Big Bayou Sara Bridge was constructed on the Bains-Angola Highway, or Louisiana State Route 124 (now LA 66), in 1949. The bridge replaced an earlier 651-foot, steel, pin-connected Pratt truss …
LA-66 BIG BAYOU SARA BRIDGE - SDR Engineering
Big Bayou Sara Bridge is an historic bridge (built in 1949) carrying LA-66 over Big Bayou Sara in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. The bridge main spans comprises five, 100 ft. steel pony trusses and the …
CSX Bayou Sara Swing Span Replacement - Brasfield & Gorrie
Accessible only by boat or train, the Bayou Sara Bridge Span in Mobile, Alabama, is exactly where the name suggests: the bayou. Located in a remote, difficult-to-access area, the project involved …
The railroad bridge crosses Bayou Sara at the confluence of the Bayou and the Mobile River, adjacent to Twelve Mile Island, and accommodates up to 40 freight trains daily.
Bayou Sara Swing Bridge - Steward Machine
Steward Machine’s expert engineers also provided a custom-designed grillage to facilitate the float-in and alignment of the bridge, which was manufactured in-house.
Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Bayou Sara, Saraland, AL
Jul 18, 2022 · The Coast Guard is changing how the CSX Transportation Railroad swing bridge across Bayou Sara, mile 0.1 near Saraland, Alabama will be operated. The bridge will continue to open …
Big Bayou Sara Bridge - GEC Inc.
As sub, GEC is providing all environmental monitoring services in accordance with LADOTD Specification 811 for the cleaning and painting of the LA 66 Bridge at Big Bayou Sara.
This paper is a synopsis of the change-out of the Bayou Sara Bridge Swing Span, including the adjustments made during construction to meet a rail service outage reduction from 48 to 14 hours.