District Court, N.D. Alabama March 31, 1981, Civ. A. No. 80-C-0725-S (St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co.)

*959FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

CLEMON, District Judge.

1. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company (“Frisco”) which has now been acquired by Burlington-Northern Railway Co., Inc., owns and maintains a vertical lift-span, truss railroad bridge (“Frisco bridge”) which spans the Black Warrior River at a location north of Demopolis, Alabama.

2.