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CSX Railroad Bridge
- Mile Marker: 4.5
- Lat / Lon: N 27° 30.139' / W 082° 34.075'
- Bridge Type: Bascule
- Vertical Clearance (Closed): 5.00 ft.
- Horizontal Clearance: 75.00 ft.
- Schedule:
The draw of the CSX Railroad Bridge across the Manatee River, mile 4.5 Bradenton, operates as follows: (a) The bridge is not tended. (b) The draw is normally in the fully open position, displaying green lights to indicate that vessels may pass. (c) 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. (d) 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.
1 Boater Comment
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Comment by: greg allard, Meander, on Jun 21, 2022
Vessel Type: Power
LOA: 61'
Draft: 5.0'The General Comments are seriously wrong in many ways. I am based upriver of this bridge and go through it frequently. For a number of years the red/green lights have most often (99% of the time) not been working, and after 15+ years of transiting through that bridge I have never once heard the siren. They even have an inaccurate sign which directs you to "call them on Ch 9", but the bridge is totally unmanned, so you are calling nobody. The sign also includes a phone number, but whoever answers is a CSX bridge tender at some unknown location who is clueless. The CSX maintenance and operation of this bridge has been atrocious.
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WG Editor Comment:
The text in the schedule section are from The CFR’s.
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