Most separate-grade overpasses are in the 15-20' range above the road/highway. However, due to higher land or a hill nearby, some highways have overpasses that are very tall, here's an interesting example I have: http://goo.gl/maps/ifFE6 (I-476 over US-6/11). I don't know the exact height but it looks like it could be at least 100 feet. Anyone else have cool examples to share?
This one over the Ohio Turnpike is a definite candidate: http://goo.gl/maps/MEDj7
Another arch bridge, over SR 7 in Tacoma. http://goo.gl/maps/Dg7UB
Two that come to mind are the Kingwood Pike bridge over I-68 at Morgantown:
(https://www.aaroads.com/mid-atlantic/west_virginia068/i-068_wb_exit_001_04.jpg) (https://www.aaroads.com/mid-atlantic/west_virginia068/i-068_wb_exit_001_04.jpg)
and the Lilac Road bridge over I-15 in San Diego County:
(https://www.aaroads.com/california/images015/i-015_nb_exit_046_02.jpg) (https://www.aaroads.com/california/images015/i-015_nb_exit_046_02.jpg)
Do ramps count?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pfrench99/4078573037/#/photos/pfrench99/4078573037/lightbox/
Here's one over I-890: http://goo.gl/maps/2CdJv
The NJ Turnpike has a high one near Englewood, NJ between NJ 4 and Broad Avenue. It is that arch bridge you see before you enter the GWB tangle heading north on I-95.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Fort+Lee,+NJ&hl=en&ll=40.868335,-73.976871&spn=0.00413,0.010568&sll=27.698638,-83.804601&sspn=9.892242,21.643066&oq=fort+lee&t=h&hnear=Fort+Lee,+Bergen,+New+Jersey&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.868335,-73.976871&panoid=WjzVS7VHj9VSkgnJwTNLRw&cbp=12,146.84,,0,-22.5
Many of your additions beat mine, but this is Heatherdell Road over the Sprain Brook Parkway:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=41.031944,-73.833056&ll=41.017146,-73.825035&spn=0.013486,0.01929&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=41.017062,-73.825113&panoid=JRqap36IsSC5l0FrVO4QtQ&cbp=12,37.14,,0,0
NYSDOT Region #8 told me personally in a letter that the clearance was 43 feet and 6 inches.
Although Ugly Bridges takes a few inches away from the DOT:
http://uglybridges.com/1392740
Quote from: Some_Person on February 08, 2013, 11:05:08 PM
Most separate-grade overpasses are in the 15-20' range above the road/highway. However, due to higher land or a hill nearby, some highways have overpasses that are very tall, here's an interesting example I have: http://goo.gl/maps/ifFE6 (I-476 over US-6/11). I don't know the exact height but it looks like it could be at least 100 feet. Anyone else have cool examples to share?
That one always impressed me ever since I was 10 years old.
A couple off the top of my head...
The overpass just west of exit 15 on I-64 in Huntington, WV. (West Pea Ridge Rd.)
I-26/US 23 over Big Laurel Road just north of exit 3 in NC. (Might be 150-200 ft. high)
Never saw it in person, but the Mulholland overpass over I-405 looks pretty high, though it's gonna be replaced soon.
There's also the arched railroad overpass over the Arroyo Seco Pkwy.
The Pittsburgh area seems to have lots of these. There are at least two locations where the Mon-Fayette Expressway south of Pittsburgh runs quite high over other roads and a river. Then there's the Greenfield Bridge over Parkway East, though that's slated to be demolished soon (with a larger structure to replace it?)
And on I-279, there are two really high railroad overpasses on the way to the Fort Pitt Tunnel. I think there's also one over I-77 near Princeton, WV.
When they were under construction, I found the ramps for the Pocahontas Parkway (VA-895) near Richmond, VA to be jaw-dropping tall.
There's two somewhat high ones on the Missouri side of the St. Louis area, but lower than some of the other examples.
1) Big Bend Road over I-270
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=st.+louis,+mo&hl=en&ll=38.567764,-90.440172&spn=0.007088,0.016512&sll=39.739318,-89.266507&sspn=14.263541,33.815918&hnear=St+Louis,+Missouri&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=38.567851,-90.44018&panoid=XzE94wYXV3NmF1WcXxRr9A&cbp=12,165.96,,0,8.54 (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=st.+louis,+mo&hl=en&ll=38.567764,-90.440172&spn=0.007088,0.016512&sll=39.739318,-89.266507&sspn=14.263541,33.815918&hnear=St+Louis,+Missouri&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=38.567851,-90.44018&panoid=XzE94wYXV3NmF1WcXxRr9A&cbp=12,165.96,,0,8.54)
2) Route M in Jefferson County over Old Lemay Ferry Road
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=st.+louis,+mo&hl=en&ll=38.35914,-90.468324&spn=0.003571,0.008256&sll=39.739318,-89.266507&sspn=14.263541,33.815918&hnear=St+Louis,+Missouri&t=m&z=18&layer=c&cbll=38.359055,-90.468405&panoid=J1nvefpyC-lnUBhOW2IMYQ&cbp=12,36.2,,0,12.63 (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=st.+louis,+mo&hl=en&ll=38.35914,-90.468324&spn=0.003571,0.008256&sll=39.739318,-89.266507&sspn=14.263541,33.815918&hnear=St+Louis,+Missouri&t=m&z=18&layer=c&cbll=38.359055,-90.468405&panoid=J1nvefpyC-lnUBhOW2IMYQ&cbp=12,36.2,,0,12.63)
This one over I-74 in East Peoria may be the highest one in Illinois, unless the US 20 facility west of Rockford is ever built with something higher - or there's one elsewhere I'm forgetting.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Peoria,+il&hl=en&ll=40.67006,-89.574001&spn=0.013752,0.033023&sll=38.359056,-90.468405&sspn=0.003571,0.008256&hnear=Peoria,+Illinois&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=40.669729,-89.573403&panoid=sav9pP35Bm-Y02rkmEXtxg&cbp=12,141.58,,0,2.51 (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Peoria,+il&hl=en&ll=40.67006,-89.574001&spn=0.013752,0.033023&sll=38.359056,-90.468405&sspn=0.003571,0.008256&hnear=Peoria,+Illinois&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=40.669729,-89.573403&panoid=sav9pP35Bm-Y02rkmEXtxg&cbp=12,141.58,,0,2.51)
One puzzling example is the northern/eastern end of the Newark Bay Extension of the New Jersey Turnpike (I-78). If you ever got on this highway after entering NJ through the Holland Tunnel, you may have noticed that the northbound lanes coming the opposite direction are high up in the air. This is apparent even if you don't realize that the road you're on is also elevated (probably due to a railroad that curves under it, twice), and consequently the northbound lanes are that much higher off the ground! Never did understand why the northbound road was that much taller, since the added height seems to serve no practical purpose. I think I heard that it was to allow for another highway in the interchange that was cancelled or planned.
Edit: View of the northbound (higher) roadway from the southbound (lower) roadway.
http://goo.gl/maps/Ej3fW
Quote from: lepidopteran on February 10, 2013, 12:52:45 AM
One puzzling example is the northern/eastern end of the Newark Bay Extension of the New Jersey Turnpike (I-78). If you ever got on this highway after entering NJ through the Holland Tunnel, you may have noticed that the northbound lanes coming the opposite direction are high up in the air. This is apparent even if you don't realize that the road you're on is also elevated (probably due to a railroad that curves under it, twice), and consequently the northbound lanes are that much higher off the ground! Never did understand why the northbound road was that much taller, since the added height seems to serve no practical purpose. I think I heard that it was to allow for another highway in the interchange that was cancelled or planned.
It looks like in birds eye view, that it was made to meet up with NJ 139, perhaps it was easier to keep the road high and have it make a curve in the air than to go around it due to space constraints.
PA 43 is really high above this road: http://goo.gl/maps/2BaiY as well as this one: http://goo.gl/maps/JvqZp
There's also the well known VA 895 example that I believe was mentioned earlier: http://goo.gl/maps/V2wKZ
I-78 is pretty high above this road in East PA: http://goo.gl/maps/s29ZC
The Verrazano-Narrows bridge is pretty high above the Belt Pkwy, a pretty amazing view of the bridge: http://goo.gl/maps/w38eK
Quote from: deanej on February 09, 2013, 12:37:13 PM
Here's one over I-890: http://goo.gl/maps/2CdJv
Unfortunately, this overpass carries Hulett Street rather than Highbridge Road, which crosses over I-890 via a much lower overpass a few miles to the east.
Quote from: Alex on February 09, 2013, 01:34:52 AM
and the Lilac Road bridge over I-15 in San Diego County:
(https://www.aaroads.com/california/images015/i-015_nb_exit_046_02.jpg) (https://www.aaroads.com/california/images015/i-015_nb_exit_046_02.jpg)
That's the one I thought of when I first saw this thread! I didn't know the name of it, but it really intrigued me when I was down there! I took the parallel Rainbow Canyon Road once, but it didn't intrigue me as much as that bridge (though it was nice to get out of four-lane traffic) :sombrero:
http://tinyurl.com/b82dmpa
I thought this one was a little bit taller than it actually seems to be. Shades Crest Road over I-459 near Bessemer.
Fairly high one over I-24 in Chattanooga:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Chattanooga,+TN&hl=en&ll=35.021119,-85.262339&spn=0.00746,0.016512&sll=39.739318,-89.266507&sspn=14.263541,33.815918&oq=chat&hnear=Chattanooga,+Hamilton,+Tennessee&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=35.021119,-85.262339&panoid=iIkGkXWhu4OmRQGiNO-1gQ&cbp=12,87.31,,0,-7.6 (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Chattanooga,+TN&hl=en&ll=35.021119,-85.262339&spn=0.00746,0.016512&sll=39.739318,-89.266507&sspn=14.263541,33.815918&oq=chat&hnear=Chattanooga,+Hamilton,+Tennessee&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=35.021119,-85.262339&panoid=iIkGkXWhu4OmRQGiNO-1gQ&cbp=12,87.31,,0,-7.6)
The first one that came to my mind was this: http://goo.gl/maps/Brcpy –although it now seems like a pretty weak submission. I remember it striking me as much higher, though I believe it does look higher in real life than Street View suggests.
Quote from: Some_Person on February 10, 2013, 06:34:20 PM
PA 43 is really high above this road: http://goo.gl/maps/2BaiY as well as this one: http://goo.gl/maps/JvqZp
From the term "overpass", I also was mentally discounting certain other categories, such as structures more elaborate than simple girder-and-concrete-bent spans, or those cases where the crossing is part of a larger viaduct or bridge system. That makes the PA 43 examples interesting, since they are simple span types, but are they mere overpasses? They're designed to cross a valley that happens to contain a road; if the road weren't there, they'd be needed anyway. What about cases where the overpass exists only to cross a road, and would not have been built had the road not existed?
The I-15/Lilac Road example seems to be one of those; that doesn't look like a natural valley that I-15 is in.
the highest signed one I've ever seen is 26'3. I believe it is on State Street in Fontana, CA.
North end of I-476 (Pennsylvania Turnpike's Northeast Extension over U.S. 6/U.S. 11) is pretty high (GSV here (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=chinchilla+penna&hl=en&ll=41.482991,-75.69078&spn=0.017329,0.038581&safe=off&hnear=Chinchilla,+Lackawanna,+Pennsylvania&gl=us&t=h&z=15&layer=c&cbll=41.482898,-75.69067&panoid=NHLOMgEAI9dYXQt-9ukKfQ&cbp=12,323.76,,0,0.3)). And I just noticed that this is what the OP mentioned.
Though that Turnpike bridge is a runt when compared to this structure (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=nicholson+penna&hl=en&ll=41.622958,-75.777967&spn=0.035866,0.077162&sll=41.62295,-75.777941&sspn=0.036123,0.077162&t=h&gl=us&hnear=Nicholson,+Wyoming,+Pennsylvania&z=14&layer=c&cbll=41.622958,-75.777967&panoid=-7sg_uUFA4sH06y8n6hivg&cbp=12,100.38,,0,0.2) (also GSV), located a few miles to the north on U.S. 11 (though it does not carry highway traffic). More details here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunkhannock_Viaduct) (Wikipedia).
And then there's le Viaduc de Millau (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millau_viaduct) (Wikipedia), which carries the A75 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A75_autoroute) autoroute over the valley of the Tarn River in France. Official Web site (in English) here (http://www.leviaducdemillau.com/en_index.php). GSV from below the viaduct here (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=millau+france&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=44.079693,3.031454&spn=0.034467,0.077162&sll=37.6,-95.665&sspn=38.593229,79.013672&t=h&hnear=Millau,+Aveyron,+Midi-Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es,+France&z=14&layer=c&cbll=44.07971,3.031602&panoid=QXjPFTIb2442vU7FOpuyRA&cbp=12,267.65,,0,3.9). GSV from the deck of the viaduct here (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=millau+france&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=44.082345,3.022184&spn=0.034712,0.077162&sll=37.6,-95.665&sspn=38.593229,79.013672&t=h&hnear=Millau,+Aveyron,+Midi-Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es,+France&layer=c&cbll=44.082609,3.022143&panoid=2oyD6JXAG88eRhXy_M-AIg&cbp=12,345.68,,0,1.9&z=14).
Quote from: cpzilliacus on February 11, 2013, 10:33:35 PM
And then there's le Viaduc de Millau (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millau_viaduct), which carries the A75 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A75_autoroute) autoroute over the valley of the Tarn River in France. Official Web site (in English) here (http://www.leviaducdemillau.com/en_index.php). GSV from below the viaduct here (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=millau+france&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=44.079693,3.031454&spn=0.034467,0.077162&sll=37.6,-95.665&sspn=38.593229,79.013672&t=h&hnear=Millau,+Aveyron,+Midi-Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es,+France&z=14&layer=c&cbll=44.07971,3.031602&panoid=QXjPFTIb2442vU7FOpuyRA&cbp=12,267.65,,0,3.9).
I appreciate that it has transparent guide rails.
Quote from: empirestate on February 11, 2013, 10:42:52 PM
I appreciate that it has transparent guide rails.
Yep. Went back and added a hyperlink to a view from the deck of the viaduct.
Thank you for pointing that out.
Don't think this is the highest of the bunch, but it gets an honorable mention - appropriately-named Ridge Road over I-70 (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=braddock+heights,+md&hl=en&ll=39.443683,-77.499018&spn=0.037052,0.077162&safe=off&hnear=Braddock+Heights,+Frederick,+Maryland&gl=us&t=h&z=14&layer=c&cbll=39.443962,-77.499631&panoid=4SSeS1E46L0BcfJDKz30Ww&cbp=12,308.94,,0,4.2) (GSV) in Braddock Heights, Frederick County, Maryland.
And there's a pretty tall structure that carries I-68 over Md. 144 (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=39.674626,-78.690097&hl=en&ll=39.674593,-78.690176&spn=0.018464,0.038581&num=1&t=h&gl=us&z=15&layer=c&cbll=39.674606,-78.690309&panoid=QEX2Wcs9iRe1wtaqkfasWw&cbp=12,303.14,,0,3.6) ("old" U.S. 40, also GSV) east of Cumberland in Allegany County, Maryland.
I-275 has two fairly high ones. One at Johns Hill Road by NKU, and the second just a bit further down at US 27...
A king-sized one on Corridor H:
http://goo.gl/maps/DkUTl
Blue Ridge Parkway over I-26 between Asheville and Hendersonville is pretty high, too.
Muholland Drive over I-405 in Los Angeles is pretty high.
A very small subset:
I'm pretty sure that this is the highest original concrete overpass over the original section of PA Turnpike. Not incredibly high in the grand scheme of things, but as that style of bridge, I always thought it stood out.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmysite.verizon.net%2Fvze3kr2y%2Fsitebuildercontent%2Fsitebuilderpictures%2FTPK_Bridge1.jpg&hash=a77c6dd14361186d61b345c13bed5650c4807c75)
I'm pretty sure it doesn't have much time left, though.
Some of these may not be as impressive as the others in this thread, but here are a few candidates of mine...
-The Park Hill Avenue overpass (http://goo.gl/maps/Le0vB) over I-90/Massachusetts Turnpike outside of Worcester.
-The I-476 overpass (http://goo.gl/maps/c977D) over State Road here in Media.
Not sure if this counts,
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fen%2Fthumb%2Ff%2Ffa%2FCompared_to_the_town.JPG%2F800px-Compared_to_the_town.JPG&hash=f23b2ae0c01408f686efe82bccd7a8b1080b1bb9)
Tunkhannock Viaduct
Quote from: SteveG1988 on February 12, 2013, 04:57:26 PM
Not sure if this counts,
Tunkhannock Viaduct
on that topic...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2Fe%2Fed%2FCreissels_et_Viaduct_de_Millau.jpg%2F800px-Creissels_et_Viaduct_de_Millau.jpg&hash=a78bfe8d21a4640b6e6be71e55ad18a8391982bd)
Millau Viaduct.
I think there is a taller one in China.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 12, 2013, 05:01:21 PM
I think there is a taller one in China.
http://highestbridges.com/wiki/index.php?title=List_of_500_Highest_International_Bridges :bigass:
The Millau is tallest, measured from the ground to the top of the tower, but it's ~18th from the ground to the surface.
I wouldn't have considered the Clifton Suspension Bridge to be an "overpass," especially with the way the A4 goes through that little tunnel. But if things like the Verrazano above the Belt Parkway count, then surely this one must as well. Really a magnificent bridge and pictures don't do it justice. It's a lot higher than it looks in the Street View image.
https://maps.google.com/?ll=51.456394,-2.628307&spn=0.005268,0.016512&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=51.45613,-2.627919&panoid=nbWBYXjrjnEQG9DqOIjNow&cbp=12,161.13,,0,-22.05
I took this picture from the bridge in April 2007. The Street View image linked above is from the road seen below, somewhat to the left of my vantage point here.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc378%2F1995hoo%2FBristol%25202007%2FBristol2007127.jpg&hash=9fd6f060864366000d7a586dd4b0fe1a7b01242d)
I driven both over and under this one quite a few times:
Cliff Drive over US-65 in Branson, MO
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbridgehunter.com%2Fphotos%2F13%2F61%2F136167-L.jpg&hash=89b6e9f21a9bdfc420fb16ad97b4ad8fb5488831)
Spaghetti Junction in Atlanta has a pretty tall ramp...
http://goo.gl/maps/J78dn
are there any low overpasses, as in, compred to the terrain surrounding it.
I believe in Zanesville, OH there is a very high overpass that goes over I-70.
I-805 over I-8 in San Diego.
Quote from: SteveG1988 on March 07, 2013, 09:03:19 AM
are there any low overpasses, as in, compred to the terrain surrounding it.
lots of 'em.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwwwcache.wral.com%2Fasset%2Fnews%2Flocal%2F2009%2F03%2F18%2F4768044%2F53217-bridge-240x180.jpg&hash=b4671574dbf592e44a0be06c7dd382660a4dd878)
My (ex-) boss once made all of us delivery drivers sign a piece of paper stating we wouldn't drive under any clearances of less than twenty feet. What a riot!
First off, the I-476 bridge in the OP is 163 feet high according to this (http://www.abingtonsuburban.com/news/the-bridge-that-john-built-1.624354) article. UglyBridges says that it's 49.2 feet high (http://www.uglybridges.com/1466655), which is obviously wrong, so I'm assuming that number is the height above South Abington Road, further up the mountain (click here (http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=41.484831,-75.689087&spn=0.001338,0.00284&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=41.485047,-75.689175&panoid=cTb9uVKeRY6YpSiDnwkSWw&cbp=12,150.84,,0,-10.28) for Street View). I remember being 13 years old and seeing that bridge for the first time. I was impressed and thought it would be neat to drive across it. I thought it had to be at least 100 feet high.
About an hour north of Clarks Summit on I-81 is the Hoxie Gorge bridge (http://maps.google.com/?ll=42.546884,-76.094061&spn=0.002616,0.005681&t=h&z=18) (well, technically bridges). According to this (http://www.constructionequipment.com/vector-nysdot-bridge-hoxie-gorge) webpage, the original bridges were 150 feet high. Since the new bridges were built at about the same height right next to the old ones, I'd say that the new ones are within a few feet of the original ones. Uglybridges doesn't say how high they are, so I don't have an exact height.
I'm surprised that I didn't see the New River Gorge Bridge or the Hoover Dam Bypass bridge posted yet!
Quote from: empirestate on February 11, 2013, 09:31:09 AM
The first one that came to my mind was this: http://goo.gl/maps/Brcpy –although it now seems like a pretty weak submission. I remember it striking me as much higher, though I believe it does look higher in real life than Street View suggests.
I had the same thought about this bridge (http://maps.google.com/?ll=43.009857,-74.863844&spn=0.0209,0.045447&t=p&z=15&layer=c&cbll=43.009809,-74.86395&panoid=9RT5V_cWbbGxigcRXgEl5A&cbp=12,50.48,,0,4.67) over the Thruway (which happens to be I-90, the same route as your example) when I first went to Howe Caverns when I was 14 or so. According to UglyBridges (http://www.uglybridges.com/1393339), it's only 18.4 feet high.
Quote from: cpzilliacus on February 11, 2013, 10:56:05 PM
Don't think this is the highest of the bunch, but it gets an honorable mention - appropriately-named Ridge Road over I-70 (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=braddock+heights,+md&hl=en&ll=39.443683,-77.499018&spn=0.037052,0.077162&safe=off&hnear=Braddock+Heights,+Frederick,+Maryland&gl=us&t=h&z=14&layer=c&cbll=39.443962,-77.499631&panoid=4SSeS1E46L0BcfJDKz30Ww&cbp=12,308.94,,0,4.2) (GSV) in Braddock Heights, Frederick County, Maryland.
I thought that one was cool when I saw it heading to Frederick from I-81 in Hagerstown.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 12, 2013, 05:01:21 PM
I think there is a taller one in China.
The first one I thought of was the Zhijinghe River Bridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhijinghe_River_Bridge), which is the tallest arch bridge in the world at 965 feet. The Sidu River Bridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidu_River_Bridge) is even taller at 1,627 feet.
I started to write this post two days after this thread was started, but never finished it. I was going to mention the Millau and Tunkhannock Viaducts, but other people beat me. I was also going to look for a list of highest bridges, but I got beat by NE2. I'm surprised that it took as long as it did to post the viaducts and list I had planned on posting!
Not as impressive as the Tunkhannock Viaduct, but worth mentionning : The Cap-Rouge trestle (Tracel de Cap-Rouge), over the Cap-Rouge valley.
http://goo.gl/maps/Z9kZW
Quote from: Michael on March 14, 2013, 07:45:20 PM
I'm surprised that I didn't see the New River Gorge Bridge or the Hoover Dam Bypass bridge posted yet!
I'm surprised too, even though I don't think they fit the topic especially. I would make a distinction between a structure built for the express purpose of crossing another road (an overpass), versus a bridge that crosses one or more water bodies and/or landforms, and in so doing happens to cross one or more roads. The Hoover Dam Bypass, in particular doesn't appear to cross any roads at all; others such as the New River Gorge bridge and the Millau Viaduct cross several roads just by happenstances, but if those roads weren't there, the bridges would not be affected at all.
The I-84 bridge over NY 22 in Brewster, NY is quite high, but does it count as an overpass for this topic being that it is a viaduct? It is high, but it does not go over one specific road and spans the low lying valley that NY 22 sits in.
This is what first came to mind to me, even though it's not as high as some of the others, I've always remembered this particular overpass since I was a kid. I-5 at Capitol Blvd in Olympia (https://www.google.com/maps?ll=47.024735,-122.899603&spn=0.00286,0.005&dg=optperm&t=h&layer=c&cbll=47.024735,-122.899603&panoid=haPRQI3iB1n13hPYCXRMEw&cbp=12,43.38,,0,-5.89&z=18).
Two in the District of Columbia that are reasonably high and massive, and best appreciated from below, on Beach Drive, N.W. (maintained by the National Park Service):
(1) Duke Ellington Bridge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Ellington_Bridge) (carries Calvert Street, N.W. over the Rock Creek stream valley): http://goo.gl/maps/sS1HE (http://goo.gl/maps/sS1HE)
(2) William Howard Taft Bridge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taft_Bridge) (carries Connecticut Avenue, N.W. over the Rock Creek valley): http://goo.gl/maps/d0EC5 (http://goo.gl/maps/d0EC5)
My favorite is still the one on the 163 freeway in San Diego at Balboa Park:
http://goo.gl/maps/c3KWF
It may not be the highest but it's still a cool bridge to drive under.
There is a nice one with the Natchez Trace Pkwy (NPS) going over SR 96 outside of Franklin, TN.
https://www.google.com/maps?q=NATCHEZ+TRACE+FRANKLIN+TN&hl=en&ll=35.986806,-86.992775&spn=0.000556,0.268822&sll=32.7688,-70.3125&sspn=56.576942,68.818359&hq=NATCHEZ+TRACE&hnear=Franklin,+Williamson,+Tennessee&t=m&z=12&layer=c&cbll=35.986806,-86.992775&panoid=PX_rHCCBUaOed7_-nZCmrw&cbp=12,151.88,,0,0 (https://www.google.com/maps?q=NATCHEZ+TRACE+FRANKLIN+TN&hl=en&ll=35.986806,-86.992775&spn=0.000556,0.268822&sll=32.7688,-70.3125&sspn=56.576942,68.818359&hq=NATCHEZ+TRACE&hnear=Franklin,+Williamson,+Tennessee&t=m&z=12&layer=c&cbll=35.986806,-86.992775&panoid=PX_rHCCBUaOed7_-nZCmrw&cbp=12,151.88,,0,0)
Quote from: realjd on July 05, 2013, 10:12:25 AM
My favorite is still the one on the 163 freeway in San Diego at Balboa Park:
http://goo.gl/maps/c3KWF
It may not be the highest but it's still a cool bridge to drive under.
Reminds me of this one in Querétaro (https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=20.596433,-100.369914&spn=0.00002,0.009602&t=k&z=17&layer=c&cbll=20.596433,-100.371965&panoid=uQKffHW9UNUZqTffaegbsw&cbp=12,323.65,,0,-3.88).
The New York State Thruway Berkshire Section/Castleton Bridge and the railroad bridge next to it are very high overpasses over NY 9J, below.
Quote from: xcellntbuy on July 08, 2013, 09:34:46 PM
The New York State Thruway Berkshire Section/Castleton Bridge and the railroad bridge next to it are very high overpasses over NY 9J, below.
Incidentally to their being bridges over the Hudson River, yes... (Incidentally that railroad bridge is the Alfred Smith bridge.)
Quote from: kphoger on July 08, 2013, 10:10:15 AM
Quote from: realjd on July 05, 2013, 10:12:25 AM
My favorite is still the one on the 163 freeway in San Diego at Balboa Park:
http://goo.gl/maps/c3KWF
It may not be the highest but it's still a cool bridge to drive under.
Reminds me of this one in Querétaro (https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=20.596433,-100.369914&spn=0.00002,0.009602&t=k&z=17&layer=c&cbll=20.596433,-100.371965&panoid=uQKffHW9UNUZqTffaegbsw&cbp=12,323.65,,0,-3.88).
You don't see too many of those arched viaduct style bridges around. Very cool!
It's an actual historic aqueduct, so yeah.
tee hee hee
When I saw this thread, I thought of this bridge of El Prado over California State Highway 163 in San Diego.
https://maps.google.com/?ll=32.731092,-117.154381&spn=0.001972,0.00305&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=32.730917,-117.154375&panoid=Zv1vxxuXlCzDQFlirouMog&cbp=12,0.7,,0,-16.01
Quote from: Avalanchez71 on July 05, 2013, 12:00:48 PM
There is a nice one with the Natchez Trace Pkwy (NPS) going over SR 96 outside of Franklin, TN.
https://www.google.com/maps?q=NATCHEZ+TRACE+FRANKLIN+TN&hl=en&ll=35.986806,-86.992775&spn=0.000556,0.268822&sll=32.7688,-70.3125&sspn=56.576942,68.818359&hq=NATCHEZ+TRACE&hnear=Franklin,+Williamson,+Tennessee&t=m&z=12&layer=c&cbll=35.986806,-86.992775&panoid=PX_rHCCBUaOed7_-nZCmrw&cbp=12,151.88,,0,0 (https://www.google.com/maps?q=NATCHEZ+TRACE+FRANKLIN+TN&hl=en&ll=35.986806,-86.992775&spn=0.000556,0.268822&sll=32.7688,-70.3125&sspn=56.576942,68.818359&hq=NATCHEZ+TRACE&hnear=Franklin,+Williamson,+Tennessee&t=m&z=12&layer=c&cbll=35.986806,-86.992775&panoid=PX_rHCCBUaOed7_-nZCmrw&cbp=12,151.88,,0,0)
A few photos of this in my Tennessee set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/therealkurumi/sets/72157625403354483/
It's not really high, but I always thought the I-195 overpass over MD 295 was pretty high, especially considering the sign mounted to it:
http://goo.gl/maps/K20pi
Quote from: kj3400 on July 12, 2013, 04:19:05 PM
It's not really high, but I always thought the I-195 overpass over MD 295 was pretty high, especially considering the sign mounted to it:
http://goo.gl/maps/K20pi
Good call. Before Maryland built I-195 between Md. 295 (Baltimore Washington Parkway) and I-95, the freeway into BWI was Md. 46, which ended at Md. 295.
What about McMane Ave on top of I-78 in Berkley Heights,NJ this overpass is built on a Watchung Mountain hillside connecting CR-527 on the other side or W Rock Road being above I-78/PA 309 at a height of 20-30 feet above the fwy
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=41.482894,-75.690672&spn=0.004131,0.009634&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=41.482994,-75.690783&panoid=xPlW9KcF90tmerO0Ygoumg&cbp=12,336.44,,0,-4.81 (https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=41.482894,-75.690672&spn=0.004131,0.009634&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=41.482994,-75.690783&panoid=xPlW9KcF90tmerO0Ygoumg&cbp=12,336.44,,0,-4.81)
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=41.482894,-75.690672&spn=0.004131,0.009634&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=41.482994,-75.690783&panoid=xPlW9KcF90tmerO0Ygoumg&cbp=12,336.44,,0,-4.81 (https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=41.482894,-75.690672&spn=0.004131,0.009634&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=41.482994,-75.690783&panoid=xPlW9KcF90tmerO0Ygoumg&cbp=12,336.44,,0,-4.81)
Quote from: Some_Person link=topic=8710.msg202798#msg202798 date=1360539260
I-78 is pretty high above this road in East PA: http://goo.gl/maps/s29ZC
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I was thinking of the one just east of there over PA 611 just west of the Delaware bridge
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=40.674528,-75.181098&spn=0.000016,0.010568&t=m&layer=c&cbll=40.674528,-75.181098&panoid=sFpLG1HZtAVSGiYX34BBzQ&cbp=12,19.81,,0,0&z=17 (https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=40.674528,-75.181098&spn=0.000016,0.010568&t=m&layer=c&cbll=40.674528,-75.181098&panoid=sFpLG1HZtAVSGiYX34BBzQ&cbp=12,19.81,,0,0&z=17)
Also, a couple more: This one over the Mass Pike just east of exit 10A: https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=42.212293,-71.776982&spn=0.000509,0.338173&t=m&layer=c&cbll=42.212293,-71.776982&panoid=YD_u4O575DV_7Al9J7pjqA&cbp=12,45,,0,0&z=12 (https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=42.212293,-71.776982&spn=0.000509,0.338173&t=m&layer=c&cbll=42.212293,-71.776982&panoid=YD_u4O575DV_7Al9J7pjqA&cbp=12,45,,0,0&z=12)
And between Exits 7 and 8: https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=42.17991,-72.240332&spn=0.000509,0.338173&t=m&layer=c&cbll=42.17991,-72.240332&panoid=05mLOV6hRpbGYYsVqCskzA&cbp=12,271.39,,0,11.42&z=12 (https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=42.17991,-72.240332&spn=0.000509,0.338173&t=m&layer=c&cbll=42.17991,-72.240332&panoid=05mLOV6hRpbGYYsVqCskzA&cbp=12,271.39,,0,11.42&z=12)
I-84 in Middlebury, CT: https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=41.514747,-73.11985&spn=0.000514,0.338173&t=m&layer=c&cbll=41.514191,-73.121364&panoid=Y1VtEjMSosyCkCDWxtQ2fA&cbp=12,225,,0,0&z=12 (https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=41.514747,-73.11985&spn=0.000514,0.338173&t=m&layer=c&cbll=41.514191,-73.121364&panoid=Y1VtEjMSosyCkCDWxtQ2fA&cbp=12,225,,0,0&z=12)
Over I-279, there is this:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg109.imageshack.us%2Fimg109%2F1977%2Fl2i1.jpg&hash=5c35b1ae9f5eb4f8ecfecbd8a032dabcf49966c8)
Quote from: Duke87 on July 19, 2013, 11:24:46 PM
Over I-279, there is this:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg109.imageshack.us%2Fimg109%2F1977%2Fl2i1.jpg&hash=5c35b1ae9f5eb4f8ecfecbd8a032dabcf49966c8)
While it does pass over the highway, it predates the Parkway North, and was built to span the East St. valley.
I-476/PA Turnpike Extension over Clarks Summit, PA
https://maps.google.com/?ll=41.482026,-75.687733&spn=0.006993,0.01929&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=41.481956,-75.689467&panoid=Kfv1R5CfZTzG7ESjbdDtIg&cbp=12,329.17,,0,-3.7
Broad St (former OH 793) over US 33 south of Lancaster is a fairly high bridge. It's about as high as the bridge over I-70 in Zanesville, I think. Okay, maybe it's not that high...
Street View:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvidthekid.info%2Fimghost%2Fhighbridge-33-793-gsv.jpg&hash=bcd252efdf70a59fa4be5a6e07294aa78e93ce86)
My photo, looking east from the bridge:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvidthekid.info%2Fimghost%2Fhighbridge-33-793-east.jpg&hash=ffb8ea5b60e2e223a64782dc40f1a4e3854db243)
Future US 33 over Burr Oak Blvd (currently OH 78 but not for much longer) near Nelsonville:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvidthekid.info%2Fimghost%2Fhighbridge-33-78-burroak.jpg&hash=3e56c3c4509e3b0eebe4ffc995a30e3fbe8846ac)
Three ridiculously tall bridges in one picture, with two of them crossing the other.
Mon-Fayette Expressway over a rail bridge over a couple surface streets over a creek.
do i win a cookie
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=39.674626,-78.690097&hl=en&ll=40.210179,-79.984894&spn=0.00163,0.008256&num=1&t=h&gl=us&layer=c&cbll=40.210179,-79.984893&panoid=oRf5cFkJNywgzJCtZvn84Q&cbp=12,182.15,,0,-11.11&z=18
That's epic. Although the MFE bridges look a little goofy with 20% of their eventual width missing.
Quote from: vtk on September 24, 2013, 10:12:28 PM
That's epic. Although the MFE bridges look a little goofy with 20% of their eventual width missing.
I just noticed that. Odd.
I think the Mon-Fayette is one of my top picks for highways I want to drive later.
Time to clinch PA 88. Someone give me a reason to head that way.
Quote from: Steve on September 24, 2013, 11:31:01 PM
Time to clinch PA 88. Someone give me a reason to head that way.
Well, you already missed Volleyball Superbowl...
Quote from: Alex4897 on September 24, 2013, 09:50:03 PM
Three ridiculously tall bridges in one picture, with two of them crossing the other.
Mon-Fayette Expressway over a rail bridge over a couple surface streets over a creek.
do i win a cookie
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=39.674626,-78.690097&hl=en&ll=40.210179,-79.984894&spn=0.00163,0.008256&num=1&t=h&gl=us&layer=c&cbll=40.210179,-79.984893&panoid=oRf5cFkJNywgzJCtZvn84Q&cbp=12,182.15,,0,-11.11&z=18
You, young man, deserve a whole batch! Excellent find! That is one impressive look.
Quote from: Alex4897 on September 24, 2013, 09:50:03 PM
Three ridiculously tall bridges in one picture, with two of them crossing the other.
Mon-Fayette Expressway over a rail bridge over a couple surface streets over a creek.
do i win a cookie
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=39.674626,-78.690097&hl=en&ll=40.210179,-79.984894&spn=0.00163,0.008256&num=1&t=h&gl=us&layer=c&cbll=40.210179,-79.984893&panoid=oRf5cFkJNywgzJCtZvn84Q&cbp=12,182.15,,0,-11.11&z=18
For what it's worth, those bridges would be there (and probably that tall) even if there were not a road or railroad underneath.
I actually had reason to drive that stretch of PA-88 for the first time a couple of weeks ago (I've on the bridges quite a few times now), and while I knew I'd be driving under some tall bridges, it was still pretty impressive.
Quote from: Mr_Northside on September 25, 2013, 08:15:48 PM
Quote from: Alex4897 on September 24, 2013, 09:50:03 PM
Three ridiculously tall bridges in one picture, with two of them crossing the other.
Mon-Fayette Expressway over a rail bridge over a couple surface streets over a creek.
do i win a cookie
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=39.674626,-78.690097&hl=en&ll=40.210179,-79.984894&spn=0.00163,0.008256&num=1&t=h&gl=us&layer=c&cbll=40.210179,-79.984893&panoid=oRf5cFkJNywgzJCtZvn84Q&cbp=12,182.15,,0,-11.11&z=18
For what it's worth, those bridges would be there (and probably that tall) even if there were not a road or railroad underneath.
I actually had reason to drive that stretch of PA-88 for the first time a couple of weeks ago (I've on the bridges quite a few times now), and while I knew I'd be driving under some tall bridges, it was still pretty impressive.
Well yea those valleys are pretty deep. There's no filling them in where the road crosses, its just pretty convenient having it cross another tall valley crossing.
Quote from: lepidopteran on February 10, 2013, 12:52:45 AM
One puzzling example is the northern/eastern end of the Newark Bay Extension of the New Jersey Turnpike (I-78). If you ever got on this highway after entering NJ through the Holland Tunnel, you may have noticed that the northbound lanes coming the opposite direction are high up in the air. This is apparent even if you don't realize that the road you're on is also elevated (probably due to a railroad that curves under it, twice), and consequently the northbound lanes are that much higher off the ground! Never did understand why the northbound road was that much taller, since the added height seems to serve no practical purpose. I think I heard that it was to allow for another highway in the interchange that was cancelled or planned.
That always baffled me until I saw an old picture (which I will try to locate at some point this year) which cleared it up - there was an old railroad bridge which ran below the eastbound lanes but above the westbound lanes. So the answer is the east lanes are so high due to the clearance to cross the railroad. There are some traces of the old railroad and its path just north of 10th street in Jersey City if you look at Google Maps.
Quote from: Avalanchez71 on July 05, 2013, 12:00:48 PM
There is a nice one with the Natchez Trace Pkwy (NPS) going over SR 96 outside of Franklin, TN.
https://www.google.com/maps?q=NATCHEZ+TRACE+FRANKLIN+TN&hl=en&ll=35.986806,-86.992775&spn=0.000556,0.268822&sll=32.7688,-70.3125&sspn=56.576942,68.818359&hq=NATCHEZ+TRACE&hnear=Franklin,+Williamson,+Tennessee&t=m&z=12&layer=c&cbll=35.986806,-86.992775&panoid=PX_rHCCBUaOed7_-nZCmrw&cbp=12,151.88,,0,0 (https://www.google.com/maps?q=NATCHEZ+TRACE+FRANKLIN+TN&hl=en&ll=35.986806,-86.992775&spn=0.000556,0.268822&sll=32.7688,-70.3125&sspn=56.576942,68.818359&hq=NATCHEZ+TRACE&hnear=Franklin,+Williamson,+Tennessee&t=m&z=12&layer=c&cbll=35.986806,-86.992775&panoid=PX_rHCCBUaOed7_-nZCmrw&cbp=12,151.88,,0,0)
Right down the road at Leiper's Fork may be the LOWEST underpass: https://www.google.com/maps?q=NATCHEZ+TRACE+FRANKLIN+TN&hl=en&ll=35.89262,-87.022796&spn=0.001121,0.002315&sll=32.7688,-70.3125&sspn=56.576942,68.818359&hq=NATCHEZ+TRACE&hnear=Franklin,+Williamson+County,+Tennessee&t=m&fll=35.892924,-87.022295&fspn=0.001121,0.002315&z=19&layer=c&cbll=35.892647,-87.022901&panoid=upvwtOOE-HqB3stxSQ3FrA&cbp=12,91.05,,0,0
Quote from: Steve D on February 24, 2014, 08:52:59 AM
Quote from: lepidopteran on February 10, 2013, 12:52:45 AM
One puzzling example is the northern/eastern end of the Newark Bay Extension of the New Jersey Turnpike (I-78). If you ever got on this highway after entering NJ through the Holland Tunnel, you may have noticed that the northbound lanes coming the opposite direction are high up in the air. This is apparent even if you don't realize that the road you're on is also elevated (probably due to a railroad that curves under it, twice), and consequently the northbound lanes are that much higher off the ground! Never did understand why the northbound road was that much taller, since the added height seems to serve no practical purpose. I think I heard that it was to allow for another highway in the interchange that was cancelled or planned.
That always baffled me until I saw an old picture (which I will try to locate at some point this year) which cleared it up - there was an old railroad bridge which ran below the eastbound lanes but above the westbound lanes. So the answer is the east lanes are so high due to the clearance to cross the railroad. There are some traces of the old railroad and its path just north of 10th street in Jersey City if you look at Google Maps.
I didn't notice this branch of the thread before, but NJ 85 would have begun here, so yes, the split roadway would also have served that purpose for an interchange.
anyone mention I-805 over I-8? gotta be about 60 feet high, which is very high even accounting for the fact that it's a stack.
I cannot find a picture that does it justice, but check out the Prince Edward Viaduct (aka Bloor Street Viaduct) over the Don Valley Parkway in Toronto. Pretty darn high.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Edward_Viaduct
And speaking of Toronto, if we're counting flyover ramps in the conversation, the ramp from southbound Hwy 427 to eastbound Gardiner Freeway is so high up, it gave me the heebie-jeebies every time I drove it. Thank goodness Highway 403 to the QEW/Gardiner became an option, so I can drive under it now.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 11, 2013, 09:42:06 AM
the highest signed one I've ever seen is 26'3. I believe it is on State Street in Fontana, CA.
Found a 26'8" in along the Crosstown Expressway in Tampa:
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Quote from: formulanone on April 03, 2014, 01:50:47 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 11, 2013, 09:42:06 AM
the highest signed one I've ever seen is 26'3. I believe it is on State Street in Fontana, CA.
Found a 26'8" in along the Crosstown Expressway in Tampa:
Just in case you were worried your car wouldn't fit under the bridge
Quote from: Alex4897 on April 15, 2014, 06:42:05 PM
Quote from: formulanone on April 03, 2014, 01:50:47 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 11, 2013, 09:42:06 AM
the highest signed one I've ever seen is 26'3. I believe it is on State Street in Fontana, CA.
Found a 26'8" in along the Crosstown Expressway in Tampa:
Just in case you were worried your car wouldn't fit under the bridge
But what's really ridiculous here is that your vehicle clearance must be a lot lower than that, otherwise you'd knock down the hanging traffic lights.
Quote from: mrsman on May 18, 2014, 06:56:35 AM
But what's really ridiculous here is that your vehicle clearance must be a lot lower than that, otherwise you'd knock down the hanging traffic lights.
Hard to tell...I took that photo from the 12th story of a hotel, roughly a quarter-mile away. So the image is looking down at an angle.
Quote from: Alex4897 on April 15, 2014, 06:42:05 PM
Quote from: formulanone on April 03, 2014, 01:50:47 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 11, 2013, 09:42:06 AM
the highest signed one I've ever seen is 26'3. I believe it is on State Street in Fontana, CA.
Found a 26'8" in along the Crosstown Expressway in Tampa:
Just in case you were worried your car wouldn't fit under the bridge
And here I was worried about hitting the Edgewood Road high arch bridge near Englewood, New Jersey.
:-D :biggrin: :pan:
Quote from: Revive 755 on February 10, 2013, 10:21:17 PM
Fairly high one over I-24 in Chattanooga:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Chattanooga,+TN&hl=en&ll=35.021119,-85.262339&spn=0.00746,0.016512&sll=39.739318,-89.266507&sspn=14.263541,33.815918&oq=chat&hnear=Chattanooga,+Hamilton,+Tennessee&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=35.021119,-85.262339&panoid=iIkGkXWhu4OmRQGiNO-1gQ&cbp=12,87.31,,0,-7.6 (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Chattanooga,+TN&hl=en&ll=35.021119,-85.262339&spn=0.00746,0.016512&sll=39.739318,-89.266507&sspn=14.263541,33.815918&oq=chat&hnear=Chattanooga,+Hamilton,+Tennessee&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=35.021119,-85.262339&panoid=iIkGkXWhu4OmRQGiNO-1gQ&cbp=12,87.31,,0,-7.6)
Funny, I was thinking of this one as well! :D I've gone between Atlanta and Nashville a lot, so I always loved that. Do you know that railroad overpass on I-24 that goes over it just as you're re-entering Tennessee from Georgia? (where it makes that little loop into Georgia and comes back?) That overpass is super duper high up! :o
I'm thinking of the one on I-95 when it intersects Virginia 895 in Richmond? Exit 67A-B? The ramps (due to the proximity of the James River to the east) make them SO high up. One of the ramps is the highest in Virginia, I believe. It looks so cool when you're down below on I-95 and this overpass seems like 300 feet above it. It's amazing!
Quote from: ElPanaChevere on June 22, 2014, 03:07:37 AM
Quote from: Revive 755 on February 10, 2013, 10:21:17 PM
Fairly high one over I-24 in Chattanooga:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Chattanooga,+TN&hl=en&ll=35.021119,-85.262339&spn=0.00746,0.016512&sll=39.739318,-89.266507&sspn=14.263541,33.815918&oq=chat&hnear=Chattanooga,+Hamilton,+Tennessee&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=35.021119,-85.262339&panoid=iIkGkXWhu4OmRQGiNO-1gQ&cbp=12,87.31,,0,-7.6 (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Chattanooga,+TN&hl=en&ll=35.021119,-85.262339&spn=0.00746,0.016512&sll=39.739318,-89.266507&sspn=14.263541,33.815918&oq=chat&hnear=Chattanooga,+Hamilton,+Tennessee&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=35.021119,-85.262339&panoid=iIkGkXWhu4OmRQGiNO-1gQ&cbp=12,87.31,,0,-7.6)
Funny, I was thinking of this one as well! :D I've gone between Atlanta and Nashville a lot, so I always loved that. Do you know that railroad overpass on I-24 that goes over it just as you're re-entering Tennessee from Georgia? (where it makes that little loop into Georgia and comes back?) That overpass is super duper high up! :o
I'm thinking of the one on I-95 when it intersects Virginia 895 in Richmond? Exit 67A-B? The ramps (due to the proximity of the James River to the east) make them SO high up. One of the ramps is the highest in Virginia, I believe. It looks so cool when you're down below on I-95 and this overpass seems like 300 feet above it. It's amazing!
There's a pretty tall overpass on I-24 in TN when you're going over Missionary Ridge (it's right before downtown Chattanooga if you're going Westbound). I'll try to find a pic of it.
Quote from: ElPanaChevere on June 22, 2014, 03:07:37 AM
I'm thinking of the one on I-95 when it intersects Virginia 895 in Richmond? Exit 67A-B? The ramps (due to the proximity of the James River to the east) make them SO high up. One of the ramps is the highest in Virginia, I believe. It looks so cool when you're down below on I-95 and this overpass seems like 300 feet above it. It's amazing!
Is it just me, or did that interchange look even more impressive while it was under construction? IMHO, that, and other "tall" interchanges somehow have more of a wow factor when the piers are standing there by themselves.
And yes, I'm pretty sure that the bridge over the James River is so high up is because it's a navigable waterway. But is there really so much marine traffic that far inland to justify such a height?
Quote from: lepidopteran on August 08, 2014, 05:41:59 PM
Quote from: ElPanaChevere on June 22, 2014, 03:07:37 AM
I'm thinking of the one on I-95 when it intersects Virginia 895 in Richmond? Exit 67A-B? The ramps (due to the proximity of the James River to the east) make them SO high up. One of the ramps is the highest in Virginia, I believe. It looks so cool when you're down below on I-95 and this overpass seems like 300 feet above it. It's amazing!
Is it just me, or did that interchange look even more impressive while it was under construction? IMHO, that, and other "tall" interchanges somehow have more of a wow factor when the piers are standing there by themselves.
And yes, I'm pretty sure that the bridge over the James River is so high up is because it's a navigable waterway. But is there really so much marine traffic that far inland to justify such a height?
The Port of Richmond's Deepwater Terminal is one mile upstream of the bridge.
Quote from: cpzilliacus on February 11, 2013, 10:56:05 PM
Don't think this is the highest of the bunch, but it gets an honorable mention - appropriately-named Ridge Road over I-70 (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=braddock+heights,+md&hl=en&ll=39.443683,-77.499018&spn=0.037052,0.077162&safe=off&hnear=Braddock+Heights,+Frederick,+Maryland&gl=us&t=h&z=14&layer=c&cbll=39.443962,-77.499631&panoid=4SSeS1E46L0BcfJDKz30Ww&cbp=12,308.94,,0,4.2) (GSV) in Braddock Heights, Frederick County, Maryland.
And there's a pretty tall structure that carries I-68 over Md. 144 (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=39.674626,-78.690097&hl=en&ll=39.674593,-78.690176&spn=0.018464,0.038581&num=1&t=h&gl=us&z=15&layer=c&cbll=39.674606,-78.690309&panoid=QEX2Wcs9iRe1wtaqkfasWw&cbp=12,303.14,,0,3.6) ("old" U.S. 40, also GSV) east of Cumberland in Allegany County, Maryland.
I-68 has a couple more examples (though they don't really approach some of the examples already mentioned in the thread):
Monroe St. over I-68 in Cumberland (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.653528,-78.751747,3a,75y,22.21h,83.38t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sZSwqJGs79HdF4SolpQDjVQ!2e0)
I-68 over MD 55 near Vale Summit (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.639049,-78.891481,3a,75y,12.42h,81.74t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sIZ0fXq9fI3ttf-Q3xiK0zA!2e0)
Aside from the approaches to the George Washington Bridge in Seattle, there are two that I recall. There is an Arch Overpass just North of the exit from I-5 to US 101 in Olympia (http://i.imgur.com/ZC2ivR0.png (http://i.imgur.com/ZC2ivR0.png)) and another similar one in Portland over Canyon Rd, along the Vista Ridge (http://i.imgur.com/zYV2j70.png (http://i.imgur.com/zYV2j70.png)).
And of course, there is always the old Railway Viaduct over I-90 in Eastern Washington ([size=78%]http://i.imgur.com/RzaLfEl.png (http://i.imgur.com/RzaLfEl.png)[/size])
This ramp is about 11.9 m (39 ft) above the main highway.
AB 201 at AB 2
http://goo.gl/maps/jOc5k
View from the top:
http://goo.gl/maps/wgyTN
Quote from: adventurernumber1
There's a pretty tall overpass on I-24 in TN when you're going over Missionary Ridge (it's right before downtown Chattanooga if you're going Westbound). I'll try to find a pic of it.
I took a picture of the tall overpass this week. Here it is:
https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/127322363@N08/15339569739/
Not sure how tall this one is, probably at least 30 feet: http://goo.gl/maps/99BeN
Bonus: Directly under the overpass there's a guy in a dark red car flipping the streetview car off XD
Quote from: NoGoodNamesAvailable on October 14, 2014, 07:00:23 PM
Bonus: Directly under the overpass there's a guy in a dark red car flipping the streetview car off XD
Yeah, typical behavior from Mercedes drivers in that part of the state. The whole USA, really...
Did anyone post this (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.654724,-78.750546,3a,51.8y,225.54h,89.29t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s5bM0EwO37UFGCks2Id51iw!2e0) one yet? It looks like 2 1/2 semi trucks could fit under that thing.
Quote from: Zeffy on October 24, 2014, 12:20:09 PM
Did anyone post this (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.654724,-78.750546,3a,51.8y,225.54h,89.29t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s5bM0EwO37UFGCks2Id51iw!2e0) one yet? It looks like 2 1/2 semi trucks could fit under that thing.
I posted that one earlier. It's Monroe Street in Cumberland, MD. I-68 has several high overpasses like that. I posted one at MD 55, and someone else posted one over MD 144 just to the east of Cumberland.
This bridge here always fascinated me near Scranton, PA.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Clarks+Summit,+PA+18411/@41.482894,-75.690658,3a,75y,326.88h,86.68t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sOwNTQpTPdj-j-nIvpkIaGg!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c4d804146f71f3:0x871e825be81c019c
It is so high that it can be seen from nearby Interstate 81 from a distance away.
Although technically a series of viaducts, the "Marquette Interchange" in downtown Milwaukee, where Interstates 43, 94 and 794 meet, is pretty impressive. This is the view from Canal Street, to the right is the Valley Power Plant (for scale). https://www.google.com/maps/@43.031365,-87.924466,3a,75y,100.54h,92.52t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sanSIVyqCzXhiNZGCXHfSgg!2e0 (https://www.google.com/maps/@43.031365,-87.924466,3a,75y,100.54h,92.52t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sanSIVyqCzXhiNZGCXHfSgg!2e0)
The "arch" in the background carries steam lines from the power plant to downtown buildings.
And this is the view from southbound I-43/eastbound I-94 (through the transparent barriers): https://www.google.com/maps/@43.031543,-87.922988,3a,75y,186.83h,88.62t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sMSSIXKMfDsxqxhgFsabMzg!2e0 (https://www.google.com/maps/@43.031543,-87.922988,3a,75y,186.83h,88.62t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sMSSIXKMfDsxqxhgFsabMzg!2e0)
Not as high as some here, but very impressive by Midwestern standards.
Here's one on Interstate 275 in Kentucky for US 27
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.049315,-84.448043,3a,75y,64.05h,96.36t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1stipFwHaTd5f-ZhIrJoKmYQ!2e0
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 11, 2013, 09:42:06 AM
the highest signed one I've ever seen is 26'3. I believe it is on State Street in Fontana, CA.
Which freeway? I live in Fontana and never heard State Street.
Stocker Ridge Rd over I-77 just south of US 36: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.254308,-81.551977,3a,75y,354.35h,88.15t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sVlHxBgCfQ1Aj9oYQTvLglQ!2e0
I-271 over Riverview Rd in Peninsula, OH: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.259775,-81.558819,3a,75y,334.79h,90.46t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s9GR4K7qivZslcbY4SjNe0A!2e0
I-480 over Canal Rd just east of I-77: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.408419,-81.627844,3a,75y,343.28h,98.58t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s9-6J_Pb6DBDTmsq_6C_jtw!2e0
I-10 over La Candena Ave
http://goo.gl/maps/dkquX
Quote from: KG909 on March 18, 2015, 10:58:46 PM
I-10 over La Candena Ave
http://goo.gl/maps/dkquX
That doesn't look very high to me; in fact, the rail line right next to it looks appreciably higher.
Quote from: empirestate on March 18, 2015, 11:21:35 PM
Quote from: KG909 on March 18, 2015, 10:58:46 PM
I-10 over La Candena Ave
http://goo.gl/maps/dkquX
That doesn't look very high to me; in fact, the rail line right next to it looks appreciably higher.
It's the one across the rail
Quote from: KG909 on March 18, 2015, 11:50:42 PM
Quote from: empirestate on March 18, 2015, 11:21:35 PM
Quote from: KG909 on March 18, 2015, 10:58:46 PM
I-10 over La Candena Ave
http://goo.gl/maps/dkquX
That doesn't look very high to me; in fact, the rail line right next to it looks appreciably higher.
It's the one across the rail
You mean the Colton Crossing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colton_Crossing) flyover?
Quote from: NE2 on March 18, 2015, 11:54:40 PM
Quote from: KG909 on March 18, 2015, 11:50:42 PM
Quote from: empirestate on March 18, 2015, 11:21:35 PM
Quote from: KG909 on March 18, 2015, 10:58:46 PM
I-10 over La Candena Ave
http://goo.gl/maps/dkquX
That doesn't look very high to me; in fact, the rail line right next to it looks appreciably higher.
It's the one across the rail
You mean the Colton Crossing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colton_Crossing) flyover?
That one too
That one only.
Quote from: KG909 on March 19, 2015, 12:07:09 AM
Quote from: NE2 on March 18, 2015, 11:54:40 PM
Quote from: KG909 on March 18, 2015, 11:50:42 PM
Quote from: empirestate on March 18, 2015, 11:21:35 PM
Quote from: KG909 on March 18, 2015, 10:58:46 PM
I-10 over La Candena Ave
http://goo.gl/maps/dkquX
That doesn't look very high to me; in fact, the rail line right next to it looks appreciably higher.
It's the one across the rail
You mean the Colton Crossing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colton_Crossing) flyover?
That one too
I thought you said "I-10 over La Candena Ave"–that's what the StreetView was facing, anyway.
A-1 Črni Kal (Tchu:rny Ka:uhl, meaning "black pond") viaduct, east of Koper (Slovenia). Although it might be off-topic, the thing is too nice to be left off.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi710.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fww106%2Fwebfil%2FMobile%2520Uploads%2F11130186_10153187351445953_6525860728728515280_n_zpsup334p9b.jpg&hash=25b460b7aa9098a01336302405f4598e8b10d395)
Photo : Dejana M. Å aule (https://m.facebook.com/dejanaphoto)
http://goo.gl/maps/8NUvH
How high is the viaduct? I'm guessing 200 feet over that road (or rail line) in the valley.
312 feet, according to Wikipedia.
OH 8 over E. North St, Akron, OH:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.088702,-81.502091,3a,75y,81.88h,91.73t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1szwDj-69wnvDKuKqtdvUCgg!2e0
...not as tall as some that have been featured, but still impressive...
NYST Berkshire Spur over NY 9J: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.50687,-73.763353,3a,75y,199.41h,98.89t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1svdVCa2ptXTsLUL3awaXJhg!2e0
Certainly one of the highest in New York, probably higher than the Peace Bridge over I-190, just because of the terrain.
Quote from: cl94 on April 27, 2015, 05:27:20 PM
NYST Berkshire Spur over NY 9J: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.50687,-73.763353,3a,75y,199.41h,98.89t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1svdVCa2ptXTsLUL3awaXJhg!2e0
Certainly one of the highest in New York, probably higher than the Peace Bridge over I-190, just because of the terrain.
Well, that's not really an overpass, that's the Castleton-on-Hudson Bridge.
iPhone
Not an overpass, but the view of the new Hoover Dam bypass's underbelly from the old road is quite impressive:
https://goo.gl/maps/FyfPd
Quote from: empirestate on April 27, 2015, 08:46:17 PM
Quote from: cl94 on April 27, 2015, 05:27:20 PM
NYST Berkshire Spur over NY 9J: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.50687,-73.763353,3a,75y,199.41h,98.89t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1svdVCa2ptXTsLUL3awaXJhg!2e0
Certainly one of the highest in New York, probably higher than the Peace Bridge over I-190, just because of the terrain.
Well, that's not really an overpass, that's the Castleton-on-Hudson Bridge.
iPhone
Certainly isn't the first bridge on this thread
Quote from: cl94 on April 28, 2015, 12:43:51 AM
Quote from: empirestate on April 27, 2015, 08:46:17 PM
Quote from: cl94 on April 27, 2015, 05:27:20 PM
NYST Berkshire Spur over NY 9J: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.50687,-73.763353,3a,75y,199.41h,98.89t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1svdVCa2ptXTsLUL3awaXJhg!2e0
Certainly one of the highest in New York, probably higher than the Peace Bridge over I-190, just because of the terrain.
Well, that's not really an overpass, that's the Castleton-on-Hudson Bridge.
iPhone
Certainly isn't the first bridge on this thread
Indeed not; in fact, not even the first mention of that particular bridge. And certainly not the first time the distinction between a bridge/viaduct and an overpass has come up. But this thread's supposed to be about the highest, not the first. ;-)
Quote from: lepidopteran on February 10, 2013, 12:11:39 AM
The Pittsburgh area seems to have lots of these. There are at least two locations where the Mon-Fayette Expressway south of Pittsburgh runs quite high over other roads and a river. Then there's the Greenfield Bridge over Parkway East, though that's slated to be demolished soon (with a larger structure to replace it?)
And on I-279, there are two really high railroad overpasses on the way to the Fort Pitt Tunnel.
Here's (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.248517,-80.194285,3a,75y,36.83h,80.56t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sgC6QZGQgGRo-10O7mSqF-g!2e0?hl=en) I-79 passing under Boone Avenue in Canonsburg, PA.
Here's (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.471093,-80.003799,3a,75y,324.55h,86.66t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1scfXxH7jFRNrl2Fsw7VALvA!2e0?hl=en) I-279 (Parkway North) passing under the Swindell Bridge in Pittsburgh.
Here's (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.411007,-80.074527,3a,75y,114.43h,81.16t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sNvn6CZXqCTTE8BAZ7877jw!2e0?hl=en) I-376 (Parkway West) passing under the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad in Carnegie, PA. Note that the spacing of the railroad bridge piers precludes widening the highway until a new railroad bridge is built. In other words, it's not just the Fort Pitt Tunnel artificially constricting the highway.
Quote from: webfil on April 21, 2015, 09:24:10 PM
A-1 Črni Kal (Tchu:rny Ka:uhl, meaning "black pond") viaduct, east of Koper (Slovenia).
Seen from Monte Grisa Sanctuary (North of Trieste, Italy). This time, my pic.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi710.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fww106%2Fwebfil%2Fb11f7c9f-5118-4c4d-9b5c-305b6bc4779b_zpsjema0uzn.jpg&hash=b13e32ed17cd2e4c65011864cd0138a7956fd75f)
I know this was mentioned earlier in this thread, but here are the PA Turnpike 43 bridges over PA Route 88 and the Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad tracks. These bridges (the Joe Montana Bridges) are ~250 feet tall.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4086/5091500365_01ddb683e2_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/8KVgF4)
Bridging the Bridge (https://flic.kr/p/8KVgF4) by Jon Dawson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmd41280/), on Flickr
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3190/2860060075_d4be1494d4_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/5mJydB)
Joe Montana Bridges (https://flic.kr/p/5mJydB) by Jon Dawson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmd41280/), on Flickr
They certainly aren't the highest, but they're high enough to be notable for the region- I-87 over US 9 north of Lake George (https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4527316,-73.7345782,3a,75y,300.11h,99.39t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sjt8dgZmlCX0giQZxV6_lDg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656). The SB side has another one of similar height a little south of there at Exit 21.
These bridges (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0497547,-73.8102291,3a,75y,300.53h,88.32t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1si2hMcp99cDvEYzPs8ccb0Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) carrying the Sprain Parkway over NY 119 are relatively high as well.
Olympia (https://www.google.com/maps/@47.0248896,-122.8997798,3a,75y,74.17h,86.94t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1swo9u0xoFN8et-MfuRZcHGQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3Dwo9u0xoFN8et-MfuRZcHGQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D182.12346%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en)
Tacoma (https://www.google.com/maps/@47.2302599,-122.4285226,3a,75y,341.78h,89.19t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8u3KRajQcnUfsERgacj-rw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en)
Hulett St over I-890 (https://goo.gl/maps/SWMAxD5RJKs). Crap. Vdeane already posted it.
Park Hill Ave over the Pike (https://goo.gl/maps/TewNmTgutZA2). And...someone else already posted that.
Edgewood Rd over I-95/NJT (https://goo.gl/maps/eQ81pbjeo3p). One of my favorites, since it's the bridge my father said indicated that he could breathe again after driving across the Cross Bronx/GWB.
Quote from: Rothman on March 21, 2016, 07:59:46 AM
Hulett St over I-890 (https://goo.gl/maps/SWMAxD5RJKs). Crap. Vdeane already posted it.
Park Hill Ave over the Pike (https://goo.gl/maps/TewNmTgutZA2). And...someone else already posted that.
Edgewood Rd over I-95/NJT (https://goo.gl/maps/eQ81pbjeo3p). One of my favorites, since it's the bridge my father said indicated that he could breathe again after driving across the Cross Bronx/GWB.
Hey, the StreetView links actually showed up in Tapatalk! Is there a trick to how you posted them, or did they just improve the app?
iPhone
Quote from: empirestate on March 21, 2016, 09:31:38 AM
Quote from: Rothman on March 21, 2016, 07:59:46 AM
Hulett St over I-890 (https://goo.gl/maps/SWMAxD5RJKs). Crap. Vdeane already posted it.
Park Hill Ave over the Pike (https://goo.gl/maps/TewNmTgutZA2). And...someone else already posted that.
Edgewood Rd over I-95/NJT (https://goo.gl/maps/eQ81pbjeo3p). One of my favorites, since it's the bridge my father said indicated that he could breathe again after driving across the Cross Bronx/GWB.
Hey, the StreetView links actually showed up in Tapatalk! Is there a trick to how you posted them, or did they just improve the app?
iPhone
I didn't do anything special. Just got the short URLs through the share function on Google Maps and then used the [url] BBC tags to add the links.
Does this one on I-270 at Big Bend Rd count? https://goo.gl/maps/fxACzNQjtCP2 (https://goo.gl/maps/fxACzNQjtCP2)
I-405 over WA-524 in Lynnwood:
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.8258682,-122.2534519,3a,75y,259.32h,99.46t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1snhaIF8yKgpjw22cehlf7Cw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
How about the Long Island Expressway over Long Island City, including Dutch Kills? 106 feet above ground!
I thought of another one, but I forgot what it was.
Quote from: D-Dey65 on February 02, 2017, 12:42:49 AM
How about the Long Island Expressway over Long Island City, including Dutch Kills? 106 feet above ground!
I thought of another one, but I forgot what it was.
Hm. Not sure if this is what the OP envisioned. It's more of an elevated highway than a typical overpass.
https://goo.gl/maps/VuXiaCz82zr
Quote from: Rothman on February 02, 2017, 09:01:36 AM
Hm. Not sure if this is what the OP envisioned. It's more of an elevated highway than a typical overpass.
https://goo.gl/maps/VuXiaCz82zr
Good point. But it sure looks like an overpass when you're on it.
Now that you mentioned it, I'm still thinking of an excuse to go on the Borden Avenue Bridge and take some pics.
I once vacationed up in Lake George and my family drove down Route 9 at night where NO lights were to be seen at all. We came across an eerie looking tall overpass that just kind of came out of nowhere (It actually carries I-87 as US-9 slips under it). We drove by there the nex day and even during the day it looks kind of creepy. https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4523993,-73.7341123,3a,19.3y,306.44h,97.76t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szS-cFcFW6QLBWQuqsrZ6ZA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Its not the tallest but it sure is creepy.
The old Street View picture doesn't do it justice, but here's I-26 crossing Big Laurel Road near Mars Hill NC:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9154192,-82.5554064,3a,83.6y,304.17h,93.23t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1shMDOqbHb6nb6RAjLZxOoQA!2e0!7i3328!8i1664
Also the overpass on NY 231 that goes over CR 50 (union blvd) and the LIRR in babylon. Not very high but high for Long Island standards. https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7042014,-73.3133255,3a,39.5y,257.28h,87.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s3yhRWpHsrl6KYi2dOcvzeg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7047656,-73.3136094,3a,41.1y,66.26h,86.65t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVweO2cgcWMO-OQxs8mtzfA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
https://www.google.ca/maps/@38.9715189,-84.5311894,3a,75y,284.48h,90.64t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMbn13D8wSYBUMWRCBK8L3w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
KY 17 over Fowler Creek Road in Independence
Here's the Thruway (Berkshire Spur - Castleton-on-Hudson Bridge) from NY 9J. :D
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2888/33512057532_775485f03f_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/T4m4ao)
As if it doesn't look bad enough from above, you have to show us how bad the concrete down below is. Certainly makes me want to drive over that thing some more.
I'm from the government and I'm here to help.
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on March 23, 2017, 12:43:51 AM
The old Street View picture doesn't do it justice, but here's I-26 crossing Big Laurel Road near Mars Hill NC:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9154192,-82.5554064,3a,83.6y,304.17h,93.23t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1shMDOqbHb6nb6RAjLZxOoQA!2e0!7i3328!8i1664
My guess is 100-120 feet above the road. I remember when NCDOT was constructing this section in the early 2000's. Those pillars looked tall even without the bridge deck on them.
Old SR 21 in Otto, Missouri where it goes over M highway.
https://goo.gl/maps/t51tmSpFqi32 (https://goo.gl/maps/t51tmSpFqi32)
M Highway over Old Lemay Ferry Road.
https://goo.gl/maps/7izduNJ8paL2 (https://goo.gl/maps/7izduNJ8paL2)
SR 30 over the Meramec River in Fenton, Missouri.
https://goo.gl/maps/eSoSFrAVVPD2 (https://goo.gl/maps/eSoSFrAVVPD2)
Big Bend Road over Interstate 270. Shit, someone already posted that.
https://goo.gl/maps/PQZKKLCXFvj (https://goo.gl/maps/PQZKKLCXFvj)
Do I win? (https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0796443,3.0240587,3a,75y,256.06h,112.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5A0dPfA-Y6ZZ_FjSqrDKcg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
Quote from: slorydn1 on May 19, 2017, 02:45:15 AM
Do I win? (https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0796443,3.0240587,3a,75y,256.06h,112.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5A0dPfA-Y6ZZ_FjSqrDKcg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
Nah; you were beaten to that punch on the first page. (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=8710.msg203005#msg203005) ;-)
(Plus I'm not sure whether we ever settled the question of whether such a thing can even be considered an overpass...)
Quote from: empirestate on May 19, 2017, 09:42:30 AM
Quote from: slorydn1 on May 19, 2017, 02:45:15 AM
Do I win? (https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0796443,3.0240587,3a,75y,256.06h,112.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5A0dPfA-Y6ZZ_FjSqrDKcg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
Nah; you were beaten to that punch on the first page. (https://www.gigmasters.com/violin/marie-stack) ;-)
(Plus I'm not sure whether we ever settled the question of whether such a thing can even be considered an overpass...)
Clicks link, goes to violinist page.
Wait, wrong link?
I WIN! (it's an overpass over a road ;-))
New River Gorge Bridge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_River_Gorge_Bridge)
Quote from: intelati49 on May 19, 2017, 12:45:13 PM
Quote from: empirestate on May 19, 2017, 09:42:30 AM
Quote from: slorydn1 on May 19, 2017, 02:45:15 AM
Do I win? (https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0796443,3.0240587,3a,75y,256.06h,112.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5A0dPfA-Y6ZZ_FjSqrDKcg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
Nah; you were beaten to that punch on the first page. (https://www.gigmasters.com/violin/marie-stack) ;-)
(Plus I'm not sure whether we ever settled the question of whether such a thing can even be considered an overpass...)
Clicks link, goes to violinist page.
Wait, wrong link?
So, you're saying you
don't need to hire a violinist who also plays trumpet? ;-)
Quote from: noelbotevera on May 19, 2017, 02:58:20 PM
I WIN! (it's an overpass over a road ;-))
New River Gorge Bridge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_River_Gorge_Bridge)
Equally doubtful...hmm, who shall be the official arbiter of what is an overpass? :hmmm:
Quote from: amroad17 on March 31, 2017, 11:00:08 PM
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on March 23, 2017, 12:43:51 AM
The old Street View picture doesn't do it justice, but here's I-26 crossing Big Laurel Road near Mars Hill NC:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.9154192,-82.5554064,3a,83.6y,304.17h,93.23t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1shMDOqbHb6nb6RAjLZxOoQA!2e0!7i3328!8i1664
My guess is 100-120 feet above the road. I remember when NCDOT was constructing this section in the early 2000's. Those pillars looked tall even without the bridge deck on them.
I'm not entirely sure I believe this, but John Lansford's I-26 web site says that the overpass is 220 feet over the creek.
http://a10.jlansford.com/intro.html
^ Might have to revise my guess to between 180-200 feet up, looking at them again.
Just drove under this one the other day! Southwest of Bloomington on I-69.
https://goo.gl/maps/AEnwJzj3gjm
The Bridge on US 19 in WV is higher than the Washington Monument as shown in the overlook that faces it on the north ridge. I do not know how accurate that one is, but it showed the point of the monument in a diagram comparison that it should fit.
Edit: I just fact checked and it is surprisingly. The New River Arch is 876 feet above the New River and the monument is only 576 feet tall.
I-49 over AR-282 south of Mountainburg exit. Several bridges further north around the Bobby Hopper Tunnel that are taller, but they aren't overpasses like this one is.
AR-282 passing under I-49 (https://goo.gl/maps/QsVWrcWaiG82)
Two in Huntington, WV along I-64:
McCoy Rd over I-64, b/w Exits 8 and 11 just W of the WV Welcone Center (likely needs rehabbing):
https://goo.gl/maps/wKfghvaJihD2
West Pea Ridge Rd over I-64, just W of Exit 15 (recently rehabbed):
https://goo.gl/maps/5xiymZKSPAA2
They really look higher than these GMSV images make them out to be, and they've always impressed me due to their close proximity to one another.
On a similar note as the post above, I-64 over US19 in Beckley, WV springs to mind, of the high overpasses I have seen from my own POV:
https://goo.gl/maps/ZCpcrx6XHuS2
(Without going back thru the rest of the thread to see if this was mentioned) Bridges that go over rivers and need some extended height for marine traffic, tend to be high overpasses for roads near to or alongside the river, such as https://goo.gl/maps/jAzSYh6WPWr .
Here's this bizarre bridge on Marion Co Route 316 in Florida.
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.372035,-81.8987776,3a,60y,127.36h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spUr3Pe7AvLwV2PlORViJuQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.372035,-81.8987776,3a,60y,127.36h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spUr3Pe7AvLwV2PlORViJuQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
It starts on the ground and goes to rise above the treetops, then suddenly goes back down, only to clear... this??
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3722574,-81.8990698,3a,75y,130.71h,94.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYoia_y1-mUD-6kFvlU7Xfg!2e0!7i3328!8i1664 (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3722574,-81.8990698,3a,75y,130.71h,94.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYoia_y1-mUD-6kFvlU7Xfg!2e0!7i3328!8i1664)
I have no idea why that is. Part of the height could be due to the higher elevation on one side, but that still doesn't explain why it continues to go higher to clear a random road in the middle of the woods in extremely flat terrain. The wood around the supports would be to prevent boats from hitting the supports, which may mean a waterway may have either existed or been planned for this location that would need to clear tall water traffic, this is the only plausible explanation I can think of. There's also a dam further upstream.
Possibly, perhaps an industrial installation was planned which would have needed to have a canal with large cargo, or something like that? Like the bridge before the John Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. I don't know.
The presence of some sort of waterway or installation is also supported by not only a dam, but also what appears to be this abandoned lock and dam next to it:
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3784733,-81.9034023,684a,35y,95.4h,23.29t/data=!3m1!1e3 (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3784733,-81.9034023,684a,35y,95.4h,23.29t/data=!3m1!1e3)
The orientation of this meant it would have likely went under the bridge.
And also what appears to be this gated bridge and another waterway:
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3774103,-81.8970085,244a,35y,95.4h,23.39t/data=!3m1!1e3 (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3774103,-81.8970085,244a,35y,95.4h,23.39t/data=!3m1!1e3)
Through the process of looking at the area and writing this post at the same time, I think I can safely conclude that a waterway was planned here and never done or abandoned or something like that, hence the ridiculously tall bridge.
The above bridge adjacent the Eureka Dam is mentioned in Wikipedia's article on the Cross Florida Barge Canal.
Quote from: davewiecking on November 27, 2018, 07:50:02 PM
The above bridge adjacent the Eureka Dam is mentioned in Wikipedia's article on the Cross Florida Barge Canal.
Huh, that's really neat. I never knew that was a thing.
Quote from: index on November 25, 2018, 07:53:32 PM
Here's this bizarre bridge on Marion Co Route 316 in Florida.
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.372035,-81.8987776,3a,60y,127.36h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spUr3Pe7AvLwV2PlORViJuQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.372035,-81.8987776,3a,60y,127.36h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spUr3Pe7AvLwV2PlORViJuQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
It starts on the ground and goes to rise above the treetops, then suddenly goes back down, only to clear... this??
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3722574,-81.8990698,3a,75y,130.71h,94.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYoia_y1-mUD-6kFvlU7Xfg!2e0!7i3328!8i1664 (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3722574,-81.8990698,3a,75y,130.71h,94.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYoia_y1-mUD-6kFvlU7Xfg!2e0!7i3328!8i1664)
I have no idea why that is. Part of the height could be due to the higher elevation on one side, but that still doesn't explain why it continues to go higher to clear a random road in the middle of the woods in extremely flat terrain. The wood around the supports would be to prevent boats from hitting the supports, which may mean a waterway may have either existed or been planned for this location that would need to clear tall water traffic, this is the only plausible explanation I can think of. There's also a dam further upstream.
Possibly, perhaps an industrial installation was planned which would have needed to have a canal with large cargo, or something like that? Like the bridge before the John Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. I don't know.
The presence of some sort of waterway or installation is also supported by not only a dam, but also what appears to be this abandoned lock and dam next to it:
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3784733,-81.9034023,684a,35y,95.4h,23.29t/data=!3m1!1e3 (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3784733,-81.9034023,684a,35y,95.4h,23.29t/data=!3m1!1e3)
The orientation of this meant it would have likely went under the bridge.
And also what appears to be this gated bridge and another waterway:
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3774103,-81.8970085,244a,35y,95.4h,23.39t/data=!3m1!1e3 (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3774103,-81.8970085,244a,35y,95.4h,23.39t/data=!3m1!1e3)
Through the process of looking at the area and writing this post at the same time, I think I can safely conclude that a waterway was planned here and never done or abandoned or something like that, hence the ridiculously tall bridge.
The wooden structures below the bridge are Boat Deflectors, used in waterways, supporting that this was, or was going to be, a waterway.
these couple of overpasses in Portland ,or are pretty high
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5039719,-122.6732225,3a,75y,329.24h,89.63t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sxporp4uIPX7DrTSpHC7acQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3Dxporp4uIPX7DrTSpHC7acQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D290.4782%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5351329,-122.6876366,3a,75y,201.74h,100.7t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1snT1fMRFLQ1nTvcWBT6xFcw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Park Hill Ave over I-90 in Millbury, Massachusetts.
Quote from: jeffandnicole on October 23, 2018, 10:00:30 AM
(Without going back thru the rest of the thread to see if this was mentioned) Bridges that go over rivers and need some extended height for marine traffic, tend to be high overpasses for roads near to or alongside the river, such as https://goo.gl/maps/jAzSYh6WPWr .
Like this situation right here. This is the Zilwaukee Bridge in Michigan (I-75/US-23) on the M-13 side
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4771816,-83.9066466,3a,75y,354.66h,88.09t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1sRG2jJdhUW_u3J5oYSGvQug!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DRG2jJdhUW_u3J5oYSGvQug%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D87.81658%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100
This is on the other side of the river
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4831735,-83.9170912,3a,75y,6.09h,84.76t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1s1YC3l2cCPcauPMmAmUKk_Q!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D1YC3l2cCPcauPMmAmUKk_Q%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D114.03549%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100
Quote from: index on November 25, 2018, 07:53:32 PM
Here's this bizarre bridge on Marion Co Route 316 in Florida.
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.372035,-81.8987776,3a,60y,127.36h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spUr3Pe7AvLwV2PlORViJuQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.372035,-81.8987776,3a,60y,127.36h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spUr3Pe7AvLwV2PlORViJuQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
It starts on the ground and goes to rise above the treetops, then suddenly goes back down, only to clear... this??
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3722574,-81.8990698,3a,75y,130.71h,94.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYoia_y1-mUD-6kFvlU7Xfg!2e0!7i3328!8i1664 (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3722574,-81.8990698,3a,75y,130.71h,94.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYoia_y1-mUD-6kFvlU7Xfg!2e0!7i3328!8i1664)
I have no idea why that is. Part of the height could be due to the higher elevation on one side, but that still doesn't explain why it continues to go higher to clear a random road in the middle of the woods in extremely flat terrain. The wood around the supports would be to prevent boats from hitting the supports, which may mean a waterway may have either existed or been planned for this location that would need to clear tall water traffic, this is the only plausible explanation I can think of. There's also a dam further upstream.
Possibly, perhaps an industrial installation was planned which would have needed to have a canal with large cargo, or something like that? Like the bridge before the John Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. I don't know.
The presence of some sort of waterway or installation is also supported by not only a dam, but also what appears to be this abandoned lock and dam next to it:
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3784733,-81.9034023,684a,35y,95.4h,23.29t/data=!3m1!1e3 (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3784733,-81.9034023,684a,35y,95.4h,23.29t/data=!3m1!1e3)
The orientation of this meant it would have likely went under the bridge.
And also what appears to be this gated bridge and another waterway:
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3774103,-81.8970085,244a,35y,95.4h,23.39t/data=!3m1!1e3 (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3774103,-81.8970085,244a,35y,95.4h,23.39t/data=!3m1!1e3)
Through the process of looking at the area and writing this post at the same time, I think I can safely conclude that a waterway was planned here and never done or abandoned or something like that, hence the ridiculously tall bridge.
I'm thinking this was built for the now-cancelled Cross Florida Barge Canal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_Florida_Barge_Canal).
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Clay Ferry Bridge near Lexington Ky.
9041 KY-2328
https://maps.app.goo.gl/VQLtKDdiuYYX1k1s9
SM-G950U
Quote from: jmd41280 on April 10, 2020, 02:26:06 PM
Quote from: index on November 25, 2018, 07:53:32 PM
Here's this bizarre bridge on Marion Co Route 316 in Florida.
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.372035,-81.8987776,3a,60y,127.36h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spUr3Pe7AvLwV2PlORViJuQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.372035,-81.8987776,3a,60y,127.36h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spUr3Pe7AvLwV2PlORViJuQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
It starts on the ground and goes to rise above the treetops, then suddenly goes back down, only to clear... this??
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3722574,-81.8990698,3a,75y,130.71h,94.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYoia_y1-mUD-6kFvlU7Xfg!2e0!7i3328!8i1664 (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3722574,-81.8990698,3a,75y,130.71h,94.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYoia_y1-mUD-6kFvlU7Xfg!2e0!7i3328!8i1664)
I have no idea why that is. Part of the height could be due to the higher elevation on one side, but that still doesn't explain why it continues to go higher to clear a random road in the middle of the woods in extremely flat terrain. The wood around the supports would be to prevent boats from hitting the supports, which may mean a waterway may have either existed or been planned for this location that would need to clear tall water traffic, this is the only plausible explanation I can think of. There's also a dam further upstream.
Possibly, perhaps an industrial installation was planned which would have needed to have a canal with large cargo, or something like that? Like the bridge before the John Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. I don't know.
The presence of some sort of waterway or installation is also supported by not only a dam, but also what appears to be this abandoned lock and dam next to it:
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3784733,-81.9034023,684a,35y,95.4h,23.29t/data=!3m1!1e3 (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3784733,-81.9034023,684a,35y,95.4h,23.29t/data=!3m1!1e3)
The orientation of this meant it would have likely went under the bridge.
And also what appears to be this gated bridge and another waterway:
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3774103,-81.8970085,244a,35y,95.4h,23.39t/data=!3m1!1e3 (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3774103,-81.8970085,244a,35y,95.4h,23.39t/data=!3m1!1e3)
Through the process of looking at the area and writing this post at the same time, I think I can safely conclude that a waterway was planned here and never done or abandoned or something like that, hence the ridiculously tall bridge.
I'm thinking this was built for the now-cancelled Cross Florida Barge Canal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_Florida_Barge_Canal).
This is correct. There are several bridges and locks that were built for this canal but never saw their purpose once the project was terminated.
The massive Ocala Locks complex to get boats over the Ocala Ridge was excavated but never constructed. Today it is part of a large park.
If anyone is interested, there is a great book called "Ditch of Dreams" by Steve Noll that covers the history of this canal going back to the Spanish Era.
What the implications were once it got cancelled (for good).
https://www.amazon.com/Ditch-Dreams-Florida-Struggle-Floridas/dp/0813061733/
Not as high as some of the other ones, but there is a massive bridge of I-580 over Castro Valley Blvd in Castro Valley, CA
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7012716,-122.0343218,3a,90y,311.87h,92.89t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1snN9dGrkgF3-Qo6LM7TDN_Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
I see plenty of I-68 examples throughout this thread, but I don't think anyone mentioned the Blooming Rose Road overpass (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.6536775,-79.4380383,3a,75y,267.09h,88.66t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1suu7ydt5Lbh9A-PGp5dUcEw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1?hl=en) a couple miles east of the WV/MD border.
How about this bridge (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.7606172,-90.100502,3a,75y,84.9h,100.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sWGWirN-xE8gc5FKdCkcFNA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1) in Louisiana's bayou country?
I saw one somewhere in Indiana along the new section of I-69 the other day. I can't remember exactly where it was though.
Quote from: edwaleni on June 03, 2020, 02:34:55 PM
Quote from: jmd41280 on April 10, 2020, 02:26:06 PM
Quote from: index on November 25, 2018, 07:53:32 PM
Here's this bizarre bridge on Marion Co Route 316 in Florida.
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.372035,-81.8987776,3a,60y,127.36h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spUr3Pe7AvLwV2PlORViJuQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.372035,-81.8987776,3a,60y,127.36h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spUr3Pe7AvLwV2PlORViJuQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
It starts on the ground and goes to rise above the treetops, then suddenly goes back down, only to clear... this??
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3722574,-81.8990698,3a,75y,130.71h,94.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYoia_y1-mUD-6kFvlU7Xfg!2e0!7i3328!8i1664 (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3722574,-81.8990698,3a,75y,130.71h,94.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYoia_y1-mUD-6kFvlU7Xfg!2e0!7i3328!8i1664)
I have no idea why that is. Part of the height could be due to the higher elevation on one side, but that still doesn't explain why it continues to go higher to clear a random road in the middle of the woods in extremely flat terrain. The wood around the supports would be to prevent boats from hitting the supports, which may mean a waterway may have either existed or been planned for this location that would need to clear tall water traffic, this is the only plausible explanation I can think of. There's also a dam further upstream.
Possibly, perhaps an industrial installation was planned which would have needed to have a canal with large cargo, or something like that? Like the bridge before the John Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. I don't know.
The presence of some sort of waterway or installation is also supported by not only a dam, but also what appears to be this abandoned lock and dam next to it:
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3784733,-81.9034023,684a,35y,95.4h,23.29t/data=!3m1!1e3 (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3784733,-81.9034023,684a,35y,95.4h,23.29t/data=!3m1!1e3)
The orientation of this meant it would have likely went under the bridge.
And also what appears to be this gated bridge and another waterway:
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3774103,-81.8970085,244a,35y,95.4h,23.39t/data=!3m1!1e3 (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3774103,-81.8970085,244a,35y,95.4h,23.39t/data=!3m1!1e3)
Through the process of looking at the area and writing this post at the same time, I think I can safely conclude that a waterway was planned here and never done or abandoned or something like that, hence the ridiculously tall bridge.
I'm thinking this was built for the now-cancelled Cross Florida Barge Canal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_Florida_Barge_Canal).
This is correct. There are several bridges and locks that were built for this canal but never saw their purpose once the project was terminated.
The massive Ocala Locks complex to get boats over the Ocala Ridge was excavated but never constructed. Today it is part of a large park.
If anyone is interested, there is a great book called "Ditch of Dreams" by Steve Noll that covers the history of this canal going back to the Spanish Era.
What the implications were once it got cancelled (for good).
https://www.amazon.com/Ditch-Dreams-Florida-Struggle-Floridas/dp/0813061733/
Am I crazy or can I see Orlando from this bridge?
Quote from: webny99 on December 03, 2020, 06:02:24 PM
How about this bridge (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.7606172,-90.100502,3a,75y,84.9h,100.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sWGWirN-xE8gc5FKdCkcFNA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1) in Louisiana's bayou country?
I'd put that in the same category I discussed earlier (cf. replies #19 and #44). It's really a viaduct, as distinct from an overpass.
When I first saw this thread I thought of "tallest overpasses" as things like fly-over ramps in a freeway to freeway interchange, not just outright bridges.
If we're talking the main lanes of a highway spanning high above something else then I-11 over the Colorado River (the Mike O'Callaghan—Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge) by Hoover Dam clearly takes the prize. The bridge has already been mentioned previously in this thread. It is the largest concrete arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere. The road deck is 890' above the river. The Royal Gorge Bridge is the only one in the United States with a taller deck, but that deck is used mostly by pedestrians. The I-11 bridge over the Colorado is a full time highway bridge (even though it does have a pedestrian walkway on the Hoover Dam side of the bride). I think the bridge looks much more impressive when you drive under it via the road that goes over Hoover Dam. That's kind of stomach churning. But it's not so bad driving over it. The road deck is fairly wide and the concrete Jersey barriers block a lot of the view.
But speaking of stomach-churning, there are fly-over ramps in some freeway interchanges that have made me a bit more nervous. One example is in Wichita Falls, TX at the interchange between Kell Freeway and the US-287 freeway that turns into I-44 a few blocks North. The tallest ramp in the interchange is Kell Freeway Eastbound to US-287 Northbound. It's a skinny, one lane ramp that looks a little like the first hill of a roller coaster. When I drive on it I keep my eyes on the road deck and don't look left or right. Here's a view going under that ramp (it's the best view available in Street View):
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.8975635,-98.4933467,3a,75y,182.1h,98.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNX_-UZa9BMSHhC-rh0xRZg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Quote from: index on November 25, 2018, 07:53:32 PM
Here's this bizarre bridge on Marion Co Route 316 in Florida.
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.372035,-81.8987776,3a,60y,127.36h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spUr3Pe7AvLwV2PlORViJuQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.372035,-81.8987776,3a,60y,127.36h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spUr3Pe7AvLwV2PlORViJuQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
It starts on the ground and goes to rise above the treetops, then suddenly goes back down, only to clear... this??
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3722574,-81.8990698,3a,75y,130.71h,94.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYoia_y1-mUD-6kFvlU7Xfg!2e0!7i3328!8i1664 (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3722574,-81.8990698,3a,75y,130.71h,94.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYoia_y1-mUD-6kFvlU7Xfg!2e0!7i3328!8i1664)
I have no idea why that is. Part of the height could be due to the higher elevation on one side, but that still doesn't explain why it continues to go higher to clear a random road in the middle of the woods in extremely flat terrain. The wood around the supports would be to prevent boats from hitting the supports, which may mean a waterway may have either existed or been planned for this location that would need to clear tall water traffic, this is the only plausible explanation I can think of. There's also a dam further upstream.
Possibly, perhaps an industrial installation was planned which would have needed to have a canal with large cargo, or something like that? Like the bridge before the John Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. I don't know.
The presence of some sort of waterway or installation is also supported by not only a dam, but also what appears to be this abandoned lock and dam next to it:
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3784733,-81.9034023,684a,35y,95.4h,23.29t/data=!3m1!1e3 (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3784733,-81.9034023,684a,35y,95.4h,23.29t/data=!3m1!1e3)
The orientation of this meant it would have likely went under the bridge.
And also what appears to be this gated bridge and another waterway:
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3774103,-81.8970085,244a,35y,95.4h,23.39t/data=!3m1!1e3 (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.3774103,-81.8970085,244a,35y,95.4h,23.39t/data=!3m1!1e3)
Through the process of looking at the area and writing this post at the same time, I think I can safely conclude that a waterway was planned here and never done or abandoned or something like that, hence the ridiculously tall bridge.
I think I have it figured out. I think there was a straightening of the river to facilitate marine traffic. Those are obviously marine navigation curbs. For some reason, they started and quit. (I saw that on Sulphur River in Texas. The gap was not nearly this long and the river eventually eroded through the plug that was left.) During the seventies and a to a lesser point the eighties, construction projects ESPECIALLY waterway projects were started and environmentalists (primarily, but there were others) had the partially completed projects stopped and they were never completed. Some projects were also (much like road projects) done a little bit at a time and the demands shifted or the money dried up and they never get completed. This bridge is over fifty years old.
I agree, I wish I knew the entire history on this one. Bridge hunter says a canal was planned, but has no details. https://bridgehunter.com/fl/marion/bh83626/
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I went back and scoured this thread. Apparently they had answered the this question already....
QuoteI'm thinking this was built for the now-cancelled Cross Florida Barge Canal.
This is correct. There are several bridges and locks that were built for this canal but never saw their purpose once the project was terminated.
The massive Ocala Locks complex to get boats over the Ocala Ridge was excavated but never constructed. Today it is part of a large park.
If anyone is interested, there is a great book called "Ditch of Dreams" by Steve Noll that covers the history of this canal going back to the Spanish Era.
What the implications were once it got cancelled (for good).
https://www.amazon.com/Ditch-Dreams-Florida-Struggle-Floridas/dp/0813061733/
Quote from: Flint1979 on December 03, 2020, 06:06:48 PM
I saw one somewhere in Indiana along the new section of I-69 the other day. I can't remember exactly where it was though.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0720803,-86.6287567,3a,75y,88.42h,94.08t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sU7obBMbO0A_I3qIBWneRNg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en
I-480 over Valley Pkwy (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4249785,-81.8561247,3a,75y,196.24h,87.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5Fn4w41fe1UQcIXWiF69mw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1) in Fairview Park, OH (just outside Cleveland).
Quote from: SW Indiana on January 28, 2021, 12:19:46 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on December 03, 2020, 06:06:48 PM
I saw one somewhere in Indiana along the new section of I-69 the other day. I can't remember exactly where it was though.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0720803,-86.6287567,3a,75y,88.42h,94.08t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sU7obBMbO0A_I3qIBWneRNg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en
Yeah that's it. It always amuses me when a GSV of a new Interstate has the old GSV before the Interstate existed. Looks like they knocked down a few houses at that bridge.
Quote from: Bobby5280 on January 01, 2021, 11:20:51 PM
When I first saw this thread I thought of "tallest overpasses" as things like fly-over ramps in a freeway to freeway interchange, not just outright bridges.
If we're talking the main lanes of a highway spanning high above something else then I-11 over the Colorado River (the Mike O'Callaghan—Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge) by Hoover Dam clearly takes the prize. The bridge has already been mentioned previously in this thread. It is the largest concrete arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere. The road deck is 890' above the river. The Royal Gorge Bridge is the only one in the United States with a taller deck, but that deck is used mostly by pedestrians. The I-11 bridge over the Colorado is a full time highway bridge (even though it does have a pedestrian walkway on the Hoover Dam side of the bride). I think the bridge looks much more impressive when you drive under it via the road that goes over Hoover Dam. That's kind of stomach churning. But it's not so bad driving over it. The road deck is fairly wide and the concrete Jersey barriers block a lot of the view.
But speaking of stomach-churning, there are fly-over ramps in some freeway interchanges that have made me a bit more nervous. One example is in Wichita Falls, TX at the interchange between Kell Freeway and the US-287 freeway that turns into I-44 a few blocks North. The tallest ramp in the interchange is Kell Freeway Eastbound to US-287 Northbound. It's a skinny, one lane ramp that looks a little like the first hill of a roller coaster. When I drive on it I keep my eyes on the road deck and don't look left or right. Here's a view going under that ramp (it's the best view available in Street View):
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.8975635,-98.4933467,3a,75y,182.1h,98.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNX_-UZa9BMSHhC-rh0xRZg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Better not go to Dallas then, this ramp (https://goo.gl/maps/Js1C6yRgpzNFoY7HA) is 138 feet tall! That is as high as a 12 story building! In my neighboring state of Wyoming, it would be the second tallest structure in the state! And, because I was curious, I compared it to other stat's highest structures. If built in Vermont, it would be the highest structure in the state!
QuoteBetter not go to Dallas then, this ramp is 138 feet tall! That is as high as a 12 story building!
I've driven thru the Dallas High Five interchange many times, including on those top level ramps. The ramps are really tall, but they don't seem all that bad due to all the other ramps nearby and other levels of bridges running underneath. In Wichita Falls that tall flyover ramp from EB Kell Freeway to I-44 is more isolated and out in the open. That allows the height of that ramp to seem more exaggerated, even if it isn't as tall as the top level ramps in the Dallas High Five interchange.
You might be scared crossing the Zilwaukee Bridge in Michigan. It's 125 feet high at the midpoint of the bridge. I just crossed it yesterday for my most recent trip over it.
This is on M-13 on the east side of the bridge.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4775314,-83.906584,3a,24.9y,6.56h,92.84t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPJ5X8OGNJH6AquC9Q5hdWw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
This is on the Zilwaukee side along Westervelt Road. You can also see power lines going under the bridge here.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4852311,-83.9171525,3a,75y,185.13h,107.72t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sqqFF1AMOP34FKsXItUS7fw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DqqFF1AMOP34FKsXItUS7fw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D74.27941%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
This is on top of the bridge with downtown Saginaw on the horizon.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4820215,-83.9124966,3a,15y,202.36h,90.77t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1siQbJFuP5r5m7D_f3Js5bFA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Quote from: Bobby5280 on February 21, 2021, 11:38:54 AM
QuoteBetter not go to Dallas then, this ramp is 138 feet tall! That is as high as a 12 story building!
I've driven thru the Dallas High Five interchange many times, including on those top level ramps. The ramps are really tall, but they don't seem all that bad due to all the other ramps nearby and other levels of bridges running underneath. In Wichita Falls that tall flyover ramp from EB Kell Freeway to I-44 is more isolated and out in the open. That allows the height of that ramp to seem more exaggerated, even if it isn't as tall as the top level ramps in the Dallas High Five interchange.
Well then, you will like the I-110/I-105 HOV connectors! At 130 ft (according to Wikipedia), these ramps are almost as high as the High Five, but without as many ramps on that level. Looking at street view, you can see an incredible, uninstructed view as to how high the bridges are.
(I'll add GSV links later, as I am on mobile, and GSV isn't super friendly with module links on desktop.)
In fact, it is notable enough that it is the only interchanges I can think of off the top of my head that is used as a plot device in a book. In one of the Jack Reacher books, it was used as a vantage point to look into the nearby neighborhoods.
This one I think is deceiving. (https://goo.gl/maps/vxfpRxKdHRfVPrK8A) The closer one is signed as 20' 5" so the much taller one must be....much taller.
Quote from: paulthemapguy on October 23, 2018, 09:50:08 AM
On a similar note as the post above, I-64 over US19 in Beckley, WV springs to mind, of the high overpasses I have seen from my own POV:
https://goo.gl/maps/ZCpcrx6XHuS2
Then there is one high one over I-64 at the end of this bridge.
https://goo.gl/maps/H9hQGDJEADVTAfUT7
Quote from: roadman65 on February 23, 2021, 03:27:29 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on October 23, 2018, 09:50:08 AM
On a similar note as the post above, I-64 over US19 in Beckley, WV springs to mind, of the high overpasses I have seen from my own POV:
https://goo.gl/maps/ZCpcrx6XHuS2
Then there is one high one over I-64 at the end of this bridge.
https://goo.gl/maps/H9hQGDJEADVTAfUT7
Is that for a road that isn't even used anymore? What was its original purpose?
Quote from: kphoger on February 23, 2021, 03:42:00 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on February 23, 2021, 03:27:29 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on October 23, 2018, 09:50:08 AM
On a similar note as the post above, I-64 over US19 in Beckley, WV springs to mind, of the high overpasses I have seen from my own POV:
https://goo.gl/maps/ZCpcrx6XHuS2
Then there is one high one over I-64 at the end of this bridge.
https://goo.gl/maps/H9hQGDJEADVTAfUT7
Is that for a road that isn't even used anymore? What was its original purpose?
It sure looks used to me, and not even just by drivers; by
yard salers (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7554778,-81.151167,3a,77.8y,57.85h,103.15t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOrZsuE6uONK4tnShl-e2fw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) too!
Quote from: webny99 on February 23, 2021, 03:49:05 PM
Quote from: kphoger on February 23, 2021, 03:42:00 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on February 23, 2021, 03:27:29 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on October 23, 2018, 09:50:08 AM
On a similar note as the post above, I-64 over US19 in Beckley, WV springs to mind, of the high overpasses I have seen from my own POV:
https://goo.gl/maps/ZCpcrx6XHuS2
Then there is one high one over I-64 at the end of this bridge.
https://goo.gl/maps/H9hQGDJEADVTAfUT7
Is that for a road that isn't even used anymore? What was its original purpose?
It sure looks used to me, and not even just by drivers; by yard salers (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7554778,-81.151167,3a,77.8y,57.85h,103.15t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOrZsuE6uONK4tnShl-e2fw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) too!
No,
the one (https://goo.gl/maps/44RSqEszMBgd5C6cA)
over I-64.
Quote from: kphoger on February 23, 2021, 03:54:12 PM
Quote from: webny99 on February 23, 2021, 03:49:05 PM
Quote from: kphoger on February 23, 2021, 03:42:00 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on February 23, 2021, 03:27:29 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on October 23, 2018, 09:50:08 AM
On a similar note as the post above, I-64 over US19 in Beckley, WV springs to mind, of the high overpasses I have seen from my own POV:
https://goo.gl/maps/ZCpcrx6XHuS2
Then there is one high one over I-64 at the end of this bridge.
https://goo.gl/maps/H9hQGDJEADVTAfUT7
Is that for a road that isn't even used anymore? What was its original purpose?
It sure looks used to me, and not even just by drivers; by yard salers (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7554778,-81.151167,3a,77.8y,57.85h,103.15t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOrZsuE6uONK4tnShl-e2fw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) too!
No, the one (https://goo.gl/maps/44RSqEszMBgd5C6cA) over I-64.
Sorry, I realized my misunderstanding, but not fast enough to get my edit in before your reply.
Based on your link, I suspect it's a pedestrian and possibly ATV crossing.
Or maybe just a really long driveway to provide access to
these properties (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7576772,-81.1558322,19.25z).
Quote from: paulthemapguy on October 23, 2018, 09:50:08 AM
On a similar note as the post above, I-64 over US19 in Beckley, WV springs to mind, of the high overpasses I have seen from my own POV:
https://goo.gl/maps/ZCpcrx6XHuS2
Quote from: roadman65 on February 23, 2021, 03:27:29 PM
Then there is one high one over I-64 at the end of this bridge.
https://goo.gl/maps/H9hQGDJEADVTAfUT7
Quote from: kphoger on February 23, 2021, 03:42:00 PM
Is that for a road that isn't even used anymore? What was its original purpose?
That was definitely a railroad track. Even though it looks like a private driveway to the east of the bridge
Although its my "home road", I wasn't involved in much branch line work. This track was connected to the track you can see just to the north of I-64, which is the CSX Piney Creek Subdivision (a former Chesapeake & Ohio branch line to Beckley, Mabscott and Glen Daniels). Back in my days, there were two branches to the south in this area: the Glade Creek & Raleigh sub and the Raleigh, Southwestern & Winding Gulf sub. Since part of the RS&WG is still working, my guess is the line crossing over I-64 was the Glade Creek & Raleigh sub. There were some privately owned mine tracks in that area (but none of those directly connected to the Piney Creek sub as far back as the 1980 timetable).
Note that Glade Creek is same one as I-64 bridges over the Glade Creek Gorge further east of here. Not as spectacular as the New River Gorge Bridge, but the Phil MacDonald Bridge sits 700 feet above the gorge and the main span is just a hair over 780 feet long.
It was a railroad, yet there's a hard curb along the gutter (https://goo.gl/maps/3S66xdBRbym9fd869)?
Quote from: kphoger on February 24, 2021, 09:57:08 AM
It was a railroad, yet there's a hard curb along the gutter (https://goo.gl/maps/3S66xdBRbym9fd869)?
Yeah, I am not buying the railroad thing either. According to historical aerials, it was never anything other than a road. The bridge was being constructed in 1986 and was already a dirt road in 1990. In general, railroads don't get abandoned that fast. I will also say this is my opinion and I have never been to this area, not am I familiar with the history there.
I would also agree that it probably is not a railroad. It doesn't
look anything like a typical railroad crossing. It looks like a regular bridge that's only half the normal width (one lane instead of two). Which is why I'm standing by my original assertion:
Quote from: webny99 on February 23, 2021, 04:03:01 PM
I suspect it's a pedestrian and possibly ATV crossing.
Or maybe just a really long driveway to provide access to these properties (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7576772,-81.1558322,19.25z).
Quote from: kphoger on February 24, 2021, 09:57:08 AM
It was a railroad, yet there's a hard curb along the gutter (https://goo.gl/maps/3S66xdBRbym9fd869)?
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on February 24, 2021, 11:29:08 AM
Yeah, I am not buying the railroad thing either. According to historical aerials, it was never anything other than a road. The bridge was being constructed in 1986 and was already a dirt road in 1990. In general, railroads don't get abandoned that fast. I will also say this is my opinion and I have never been to this area, not am I familiar with the history there.
What caught my attention is the near perfect arc coming off the west end of the bridge curling northwest and connecting to the Piney Creek Sub down along the creek below. That looks like an excavation cut almost the entire distance. Also, the width of that bridge deck is substandard even for roads back in the 1980s. It's interesting that today's GSV is drawing a road curling southwest off the bridge and zig-zagging towards the town below. I can't find any evidence of that one.
The Chessie System timetable (1980) shows the trackage on the Glade Creek and Raleigh sub connecting the "stations" of Blue Jay Junction, Glen Morgan and Beaver. And sure enough, this one checks out. Glen Morgan is down on Piney Creek below this bridge, so this "station" would have been close to where the bridge is today. If you rotate GSV away from the bridge, the backroad is a perfect railroad grade continuing as Mountain Edge Road and connecting tangent to CR-9/9 and later CR-9/8 (Orchard Hill Road) almost all the way into "downtown" Beaver. Add a thick Appalachian accent here
"We don't have many roads like that in West Virginia, if yoo know whut I mean". But I do wonder why the last half-mile of Orchard Hill Road veers away from the railroad grade.
Chances are good that the trackage was abandoned in place at the time that I-64 was being designed, so DOH probably designed the bridge to accommodate both either a track or road. West Virginia was reticent to cut off trackage access to big coal mines that might ever be able to reopen. About the only way to know for sure is to check whether the bridge was designed for railroad loads (including a layer of track ballast, crossties and rails on the deck).
Quote from: Dirt Roads on February 24, 2021, 03:04:45 PM
What caught my attention is the near perfect arc coming off the west end of the bridge curling northwest and connecting to the Piney Creek Sub down along the creek below. That looks like an excavation cut almost the entire distance. Also, the width of that bridge deck is substandard even for roads back in the 1980s. It's interesting that today's GSV is drawing a road curling southwest off the bridge and zig-zagging towards the town below. I can't find any evidence of that one.
The Chessie System timetable (1980) shows the trackage on the Glade Creek and Raleigh sub connecting the "stations" of Blue Jay Junction, Glen Morgan and Beaver. And sure enough, this one checks out. Glen Morgan is down on Piney Creek below this bridge, so this "station" would have been close to where the bridge is today. If you rotate GSV away from the bridge, the backroad is a perfect railroad grade continuing as Mountain Edge Road and connecting tangent to CR-9/9 and later CR-9/8 (Orchard Hill Road) almost all the way into "downtown" Beaver. Add a thick Appalachian accent here "We don't have many roads like that in West Virginia, if yoo know whut I mean". But I do wonder why the last half-mile of Orchard Hill Road veers away from the railroad grade.
Chances are good that the trackage was abandoned in place at the time that I-64 was being designed, so DOH probably designed the bridge to accommodate both either a track or road. West Virginia was reticent to cut off trackage access to big coal mines that might ever be able to reopen. About the only way to know for sure is to check whether the bridge was designed for railroad loads (including a layer of track ballast, crossties and rails on the deck).
Found a map of coal mines on the Chesapeake & Ohio at the West Virginia State Archives showing the "station" of Blue Jay Junction and this particular trackage. Not conclusive yet, but it does show something that I ought to clarify. This map shows the C&O portion of the Glade Creek and Raleigh branch curling off to the southeast, and a private railroad (probably owned by a coal company) branching off from that and going southwest toward Beaver then turning south to Daniels. So much of what I described above is likely the same railroad, except the portion running westward along Orchard Hill Road probably never belonged to the C&O/Chessie. I wonder if the Glade Creek and Raleigh branch followed what's now Orchard Hill Road eastward over towards the Airport Road exit on I-64.
https://westvirginiaarchiveshistory.zenfolio.com/p974981478/h86778b94#h86778c44
[Not a lot of detail here. There's a back side of this map with text only showing the names of the coal mines shown.]
Quote from: Dirt Roads on February 23, 2021, 10:32:32 PM
That was definitely a railroad track. Even though it looks like a private driveway to the east of the bridge
Quote from: webny99 on February 23, 2021, 04:03:01 PM
I suspect it's a pedestrian and possibly ATV crossing.
Or maybe just a really long driveway to provide access to these properties (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7576772,-81.1558322,19.25z).
Quote from: kphoger on February 24, 2021, 09:57:08 AM
It was a railroad, yet there's a hard curb along the gutter (https://goo.gl/maps/3S66xdBRbym9fd869)?
Quote from: webny99 on February 24, 2021, 01:21:21 PM
I would also agree that it probably is not a railroad. It doesn't look anything like a typical railroad crossing. It looks like a regular bridge that's only half the normal width (one lane instead of two). Which is why I'm standing by my original assertion:
You'all are correct. I found a 1983 topo map with I-64 under construction that already shows the railroad gone and an unimproved road in its place. It only shows an unimproved road spiraling northwest off the bridge (that was drawn on yesterday's GSV, but was gone today). It looks like that road connected down to two houses on the south side of the railroad that would have been landlocked by the construction of I-64. There's no evidence of those houses today. Also, it's not obvious that the old Glade Creek and Raleigh branch was going down through a cut in a northeastward spiral. That looks like a real cove.
https://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=37.75777&lon=-81.15398&datum=nad83&zoom=2&map=auto&coord=d&mode=zoomin&size=m&cross=on
Quote from: webny99 on January 31, 2021, 10:08:37 PM
I-480 over Valley Pkwy (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4249785,-81.8561247,3a,75y,196.24h,87.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5Fn4w41fe1UQcIXWiF69mw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1) in Fairview Park, OH (just outside Cleveland).
Here's another Cleveland-area example that I don't think has been mentioned yet:
I-271 over Riverside Road (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2598097,-81.5588415,3a,90y,337.87h,92.71t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sLzM7llHUzivz6yUxVwQouQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1?hl=en) near Cuyahoga National Park.
US 22 bridge over the Little Miami River and Old OH 3 (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.3198227,-84.2533867,3a,75y,111.68h,101.39t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0m8afeunm_bpThWs7Re3Vg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en)
View from the adjacent Old OH 3 bridge over the same river (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.3216204,-84.2528814,3a,75y,160.33h,88.85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAaIElWDkPWTTnLpChVpCQg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en)
Quote from: webny99 on March 02, 2021, 06:11:46 PM
Quote from: webny99 on January 31, 2021, 10:08:37 PM
I-480 over Valley Pkwy (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4249785,-81.8561247,3a,75y,196.24h,87.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5Fn4w41fe1UQcIXWiF69mw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1) in Fairview Park, OH (just outside Cleveland).
Here's another Cleveland-area example that I don't think has been mentioned yet: I-271 over Riverside Road (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2598097,-81.5588415,3a,90y,337.87h,92.71t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sLzM7llHUzivz6yUxVwQouQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1?hl=en) near Cuyahoga National Park.
Keeping my Cleveland theme going with
I-90 near downtown (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4901668,-81.6877037,3a,90y,275.11h,94.79t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdD5PcUD_zsYqKGqtMPIHCA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1).
Great view from above (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4890154,-81.6891143,3a,90y,34.74h,91.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1slKJJS0XdyRBmaYBfz4TTSg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1), too.
Quote from: webny99 on March 17, 2021, 01:48:29 PM
Great view from above (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4901668,-81.6877037,3a,90y,275.11h,94.79t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdD5PcUD_zsYqKGqtMPIHCA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1), too.
Try again.
Unrelated with the thread, but found something else that's rare in Ohio from that above example
Green enhanced mile markers :wow: (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4886092,-81.6893558,3a,18.2y,344.28h,88.98t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sSu4yNoA6-dm5H8j41Nr6dQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1)
Quote from: kphoger on March 17, 2021, 01:59:59 PM
Quote from: webny99 on March 17, 2021, 01:48:29 PM
Great view from above (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.4901668,-81.6877037,3a,90y,275.11h,94.79t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdD5PcUD_zsYqKGqtMPIHCA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1), too.
Try again.
Thought you were throwing shade on the view until I re-clicked the link. Fixed.
Puente Santa LucÃa
GSV from the lower road is unfortunately out of date, but... here's the view down from above (https://goo.gl/maps/X5E32FhfQsgTT3he9). And here is one of the pilings (https://goo.gl/maps/SVyXtsgY5zgH17K59) from below, during construction. You can see both roads in this user-submitted photo (https://goo.gl/maps/abnUokQfo63JTYdB6).
Jeremiah Morrow bridge (I-71) over the Little Miami bike trail (and Little Miami River), near Oregonia, OH.
Bonus GSV shot of one of the old spans still in place during bridge replacement construction a few years ago:
https://goo.gl/maps/21QhhEUomcnbcGVG9 (https://goo.gl/maps/21QhhEUomcnbcGVG9)
How about this one (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2614674,-76.8728416,3a,75y,340.52h,82.24t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6dbwFQ-kojKB-C9iOINh7g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) in Harrisburg, PA?
Quote from: webny99 on October 21, 2021, 08:48:53 AM
How about this one (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2614674,-76.8728416,3a,75y,340.52h,82.24t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6dbwFQ-kojKB-C9iOINh7g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) in Harrisburg, PA?
That's definitely one that I'd distinguish as a viaduct rather than an overpass.
Quote from: empirestate on October 21, 2021, 06:28:25 PM
Quote from: webny99 on October 21, 2021, 08:48:53 AM
How about this one (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2614674,-76.8728416,3a,75y,340.52h,82.24t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6dbwFQ-kojKB-C9iOINh7g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) in Harrisburg, PA?
That's definitely one that I'd distinguish as a viaduct rather than an overpass.
I suppose... and I guess the same would apply to State St. just to the north.
How about the new section of PA 576 (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3610225,-80.2582558,3a,90y,69.2h,88.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sIA7KRKzk_6EHtnVkUqZSzQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1) outside Pittsburgh? And another one here (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.361507,-80.2345953,3a,90y,187.99h,98.82t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sa-ziKVQvQfqPwd06iYcGzg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1).
Quote from: webny99 on January 12, 2022, 12:25:39 PM
How about the new section of PA 576 (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3610225,-80.2582558,3a,90y,69.2h,88.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sIA7KRKzk_6EHtnVkUqZSzQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1) outside Pittsburgh? And another one here (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.361507,-80.2345953,3a,90y,187.99h,98.82t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sa-ziKVQvQfqPwd06iYcGzg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1).
Interesting you bring up the Pittsburgh area. I was driving this route (https://goo.gl/maps/eSwC9oR5FY5RWCxM6) last Tuesday and saw this overpass and thought of this thread.
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on January 12, 2022, 01:08:10 PM
Quote from: webny99 on January 12, 2022, 12:25:39 PM
How about the new section of PA 576 (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3610225,-80.2582558,3a,90y,69.2h,88.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sIA7KRKzk_6EHtnVkUqZSzQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1) outside Pittsburgh? And another one here (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.361507,-80.2345953,3a,90y,187.99h,98.82t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sa-ziKVQvQfqPwd06iYcGzg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1).
Interesting you bring up the Pittsburgh area. I was driving this route (https://goo.gl/maps/eSwC9oR5FY5RWCxM6) last Tuesday and saw this overpass and thought of this thread.
Wow, that might be the tallest I've seen in this thread. This view from
much further back (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1824281,-79.9434096,3a,55.9y,207h,89.53t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1slB5RKfxtLfYQsVmLS1kFqw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) really shows how tall it is too.
Quote from: webny99 on January 12, 2022, 04:50:21 PM
Wow, that might be the tallest I've seen in this thread. This view from much further back (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1824281,-79.9434096,3a,55.9y,207h,89.53t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1slB5RKfxtLfYQsVmLS1kFqw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) really shows how tall it is too.
The overpass in the very first post in the thread could be another candidate for the tallest in the whole thread. It's the I-476 bridge over US 6/11 in Scranton PA.
Post link: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=8710.msg202481#msg202481 (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=8710.msg202481#msg202481)
GSV link from that post: http://goo.gl/maps/ifFE6 (http://goo.gl/maps/ifFE6)
Quote from: dlsterner on January 12, 2022, 07:49:22 PM
The overpass in the very first post in the thread could be another candidate for the tallest in the whole thread. It's the I-476 bridge over US 6/11 in Scranton PA
The I-476 bridge @ Clark's Summit was the tallest on the PA Turnpike owned roads, but the "Joe Montana" bridges on TPK-43 (Mon-Fayette expressway) are now the tallest.
I'm not sure what the tallest in PA would be if you include all the roads/highways/bridges in addition to PTC ones.
That said, I think there was discussion earlier in this thread, about is it still just an "overpass" if the function is more than just a bridge over/under the road itself, where the road is the reason. Some of those tall bridges would be there whether or not there was a road underneath it or not, just to bridge the valleys.
Quote from: Mr_Northside on January 17, 2022, 03:18:12 PM
Quote from: dlsterner on January 12, 2022, 07:49:22 PM
The overpass in the very first post in the thread could be another candidate for the tallest in the whole thread. It's the I-476 bridge over US 6/11 in Scranton PA
The I-476 bridge @ Clark's Summit was the tallest on the PA Turnpike owned roads, but the "Joe Montana" bridges on TPK-43 (Mon-Fayette expressway) are now the tallest.
I'm not sure what the tallest in PA would be if you include all the roads/highways/bridges in addition to PTC ones.
That said, I think there was discussion earlier in this thread, about is it still just an "overpass" if the function is more than just a bridge over/under the road itself, where the road is the reason. Some of those tall bridges would be there whether or not there was a road underneath it or not, just to bridge the valleys.
When does an overpass become a viaduct?
The clarks summit crossing is a viaduct, it's main purpose is to get a road between two hills. The PA43 crossing is the same way, it's main purpose is to allow a road to go between hill tops without having to go down into the valley.
The Arch overpass on I68 and the similar one on I80 in Ohio were built to cross a rock cut afaik. Those might be counted as overpasses since they were built to cross over a road that was placed beneath another road.
Quote from: SteveG1988 on January 18, 2022, 12:50:53 AM
Quote from: Mr_Northside on January 17, 2022, 03:18:12 PM
Quote from: dlsterner on January 12, 2022, 07:49:22 PM
The overpass in the very first post in the thread could be another candidate for the tallest in the whole thread. It's the I-476 bridge over US 6/11 in Scranton PA
The I-476 bridge @ Clark's Summit was the tallest on the PA Turnpike owned roads, but the "Joe Montana" bridges on TPK-43 (Mon-Fayette expressway) are now the tallest.
I'm not sure what the tallest in PA would be if you include all the roads/highways/bridges in addition to PTC ones.
That said, I think there was discussion earlier in this thread, about is it still just an "overpass" if the function is more than just a bridge over/under the road itself, where the road is the reason. Some of those tall bridges would be there whether or not there was a road underneath it or not, just to bridge the valleys.
When does an overpass become a viaduct?
The clarks summit crossing is a viaduct, it's main purpose is to get a road between two hills. The PA43 crossing is the same way, it's main purpose is to allow a road to go between hill tops without having to go down into the valley.
The Arch overpass on I68 and the similar one on I80 in Ohio were built to cross a rock cut afaik. Those might be counted as overpasses since they were built to cross over a road that was placed beneath another road.
Yes, basically that's the consensus. As stated before, a viaduct (or in some cases, a long bridge) crosses a road only incidentally. The structure's main purpose is to cross a physical feature such as a waterbody or valley, and were it not for the road, the structure would still exist. Indeed, many viaducts cross multiple roads in one go; another example would be the Castleton-on-Hudson Bridge.
An overpass, on the other hand, is built for the express purpose of crossing a road. Were there no road to be crossed, there would be no structure.
Quote from: empirestate on January 18, 2022, 11:22:06 AMAs stated before, a viaduct (or in some cases, a long bridge) crosses a road only incidentally. The structure's main purpose is to cross a physical feature such as a waterbody or valley, and were it not for the road, the structure would still exist. Indeed, many viaducts cross multiple roads in one go; another example would be the Castleton-on-Hudson Bridge.
An overpass, on the other hand, is built for the express purpose of crossing a road. Were there no road to be crossed, there would be no structure.
I don't know, I would say viaducts and overpasses are both just a type of bridge. The PA 43 and I-476 examples in particular are constructed like any other overpass (with beams, not arches), just much taller and longer than usual. I wouldn't have a big issue with calling either one a viaduct, but I still think they should qualify for the thread.
Quote from: webny99 on January 19, 2022, 09:17:03 PM
I don't know, I would say viaducts and overpasses are both just a type of bridge. The PA 43 and I-476 examples in particular are constructed like any other overpass (with beams, not arches), just much taller and longer than usual. I wouldn't have a big issue with calling either one a viaduct, but I still think they should qualify for the thread.
That just depends on what one considers to be interesting about the height. To my mind, a structure built merely to cross another road that happens to be very high is more striking than one that is built to cross a valley, because I'd expect height of the latter but not of the former. This does seem to fit the spirit of the thread: as I read the OP, it talks about highway grade separations that happen to be tall due to surrounding terrain. To me this connotes something distinct from a structure that is tall due to surrounding terrain, and that happens to cross another highway above grade.
But in any event, that's a separate question from what distinguishes viaducts from overpasses and the like. It's true that they're both types of bridge, so there's no controversy between our statements there. But I'm not aware of those terms being defined by any method of construction. A certain method may be typical of one or the other, but the method isn't a defining characteristic. (See also the terminology of rotaries vs. roundabouts and their kin.)
To put that more clearly, you might build something out of beams
because it's an overpass. But it wouldn't be an overpass
because it's built out of beams.
I guess I'm just not sure there's any examples of an overpass that just randomly happens to be very tall for reasons that have nothing to do with the surrounding terrain. Now I'm picturing something like the Gateway Arch in road form.. that seems like the only possible way you could get an extra-high, road-only overpass in which terrain is not a factor at all.
Quote from: webny99 on January 20, 2022, 08:56:16 AM
I guess I'm just not sure there's any examples of an overpass that just randomly happens to be very tall for reasons that have nothing to do with the surrounding terrain.
No, I think the heights almost always has to do with terrain. Often, it's because the road on the lower grade passes through a cut (natural or otherwise).
Quote from: webny99 on January 20, 2022, 08:56:16 AM
I guess I'm just not sure there's any examples of an overpass that just randomly happens to be very tall for reasons that have nothing to do with the surrounding terrain. Now I'm picturing something like the Gateway Arch in road form.. that seems like the only possible way you could get an extra-high, road-only overpass in which terrain is not a factor at all.
If the overpass also crosses a navigable river or is right next to a bridge that does, you can get abnormally high bridge heights that way too...
Here's another PA example, not as high as some of the ones already mentioned, but also more like a standard overpass than a viaduct, as some have called other examples: https://goo.gl/maps/4gGWqyuQZsAsZwME8
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on January 12, 2022, 01:08:10 PM
Quote from: webny99 on January 12, 2022, 12:25:39 PM
How about the new section of PA 576 (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3610225,-80.2582558,3a,90y,69.2h,88.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sIA7KRKzk_6EHtnVkUqZSzQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1) outside Pittsburgh? And another one here (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.361507,-80.2345953,3a,90y,187.99h,98.82t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sa-ziKVQvQfqPwd06iYcGzg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1).
Interesting you bring up the Pittsburgh area. I was driving this route (https://goo.gl/maps/eSwC9oR5FY5RWCxM6) last Tuesday and saw this overpass and thought of this thread.
That doesn't look safe at all!
Quote from: Terry Shea on March 05, 2022, 02:38:35 PM
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on January 12, 2022, 01:08:10 PM
Quote from: webny99 on January 12, 2022, 12:25:39 PM
How about the new section of PA 576 (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3610225,-80.2582558,3a,90y,69.2h,88.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sIA7KRKzk_6EHtnVkUqZSzQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1) outside Pittsburgh? And another one here (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.361507,-80.2345953,3a,90y,187.99h,98.82t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sa-ziKVQvQfqPwd06iYcGzg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1).
Interesting you bring up the Pittsburgh area. I was driving this route (https://goo.gl/maps/eSwC9oR5FY5RWCxM6) last Tuesday and saw this overpass and thought of this thread.
That doesn't look safe at all!
Why not? It's even relatively new.
Quote from: Rothman on March 05, 2022, 02:41:46 PM
Quote from: Terry Shea on March 05, 2022, 02:38:35 PM
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on January 12, 2022, 01:08:10 PM
Quote from: webny99 on January 12, 2022, 12:25:39 PM
How about the new section of PA 576 (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3610225,-80.2582558,3a,90y,69.2h,88.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sIA7KRKzk_6EHtnVkUqZSzQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1) outside Pittsburgh? And another one here (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.361507,-80.2345953,3a,90y,187.99h,98.82t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sa-ziKVQvQfqPwd06iYcGzg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1).
Interesting you bring up the Pittsburgh area. I was driving this route (https://goo.gl/maps/eSwC9oR5FY5RWCxM6) last Tuesday and saw this overpass and thought of this thread.
That doesn't look safe at all!
Why not? It's even relatively new.
Doesn't appear to be enough support at the top and the bridge sections don't appear to line up properly.
Is this considered tall? Probably not, but I believe it might be one of the taller ones in Ontario.
(https://i.imgur.com/0nkOFv5.png)
https://goo.gl/maps/eozEAnQfGKEbdtJF6
Quote from: Terry Shea on March 05, 2022, 02:47:50 PM
Quote from: Rothman on March 05, 2022, 02:41:46 PM
Quote from: Terry Shea on March 05, 2022, 02:38:35 PM
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on January 12, 2022, 01:08:10 PM
Quote from: webny99 on January 12, 2022, 12:25:39 PM
How about the new section of PA 576 (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3610225,-80.2582558,3a,90y,69.2h,88.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sIA7KRKzk_6EHtnVkUqZSzQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1) outside Pittsburgh? And another one here (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.361507,-80.2345953,3a,90y,187.99h,98.82t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sa-ziKVQvQfqPwd06iYcGzg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1).
Interesting you bring up the Pittsburgh area. I was driving this route (https://goo.gl/maps/eSwC9oR5FY5RWCxM6) last Tuesday and saw this overpass and thought of this thread.
That doesn't look safe at all!
Why not? It's even relatively new.
Doesn't appear to be enough support at the top and the bridge sections don't appear to line up properly.
The supports seem to have been constructed for 3 lane bridges: decked for 2, but with room for expansion for 3.