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[kphoger]

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.

[xcellntbuy]

The New York State Thruway Berkshire Section/Castleton Bridge and the railroad bridge next to it are very high overpasses over NY 9J, below.

[empirestate]

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.)

[realjd]

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.

You don't see too many of those arched viaduct style bridges around. Very cool!

[NE2]

It's an actual historic aqueduct, so yeah.

[kphoger]

tee hee hee

[ethanhopkin14]

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

[kurumi]

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

A few photos of this in my Tennessee set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/therealkurumi/sets/72157625403354483/

[kj3400]

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

[cpzilliacus]

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.

[Interstatefan78]

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

[jp the roadgeek]

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

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

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

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

[Duke87]

Over I-279, there is this:

[Mr_Northside]

Over I-279, there is this:

While it does pass over the highway, it predates the Parkway North, and was built to span the East St. valley. 

[yanksfan6129]

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

[vtk]

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:


My photo, looking east from the bridge:



Future US 33 over Burr Oak Blvd (currently OH 78 but not for much longer) near Nelsonville:

[Alex4897]

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

[vtk]

That's epic. Although the MFE bridges look a little goofy with 20% of their eventual width missing.

[Alex4897]

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.

[Alps]

Time to clinch PA 88. Someone give me a reason to head that way.

[vtk]

Time to clinch PA 88. Someone give me a reason to head that way.

Well, you already missed Volleyball Superbowl…

[amroad17]

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.

[Mr_Northside]

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.

[Alex4897]

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.

[Steve D]

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.