RAIL BRIDGE VIABILITY Cost Impact: TBD by RJ Corman to strengthen old wooden truss bridges in order to carry extremely heavy power equipment to end of rail line in Ashland City then offload to location 11 miles away
Current Location - in order to reach the first leg of the 11mi “Haul Route” - extensive inspection of rail bridges not capable of supporting the anticipated weight of TVA power equipment on rail cars will need to be reinforced or rebuilt
One geneator weighs 520,000lb or 260 tons
RJ Corman rail bridge located at Old Hickory and Ashland City Hwy.
A spokesman for RJ Corman indicated his primary concern is the weight of the power equipment as the railroad has several old wood truss bridges be- tween Nashville and Ashland City. He suggested having a rail clearance sub- mitted ASAP this will allow their engineers the opportunity to review the weights crossing these bridges and look at the clearances.
* See Barnhart Report page 2 PDF link
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