Highest overpasses

[cl94]

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

[KG909]

I-10 over La Candena Ave
http://goo.gl/maps/dkquX

[empirestate]

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.

[KG909]

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

[NE2]

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 flyover?

[KG909]

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 flyover?

That one too

[NE2]

That one only.

[empirestate]

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 flyover?

That one too

I thought you said "I-10 over La Candena Ave"–that's what the StreetView was facing, anyway.

[webfil]

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.

Photo : Dejana M. Å aule
http://goo.gl/maps/8NUvH

[amroad17]

How high is the viaduct?  I'm guessing 200 feet over that road (or rail line) in the valley.

[webfil]

312 feet, according to Wikipedia.

[busman_49]

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...

[cl94]

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.

[empirestate]

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

[JKRhodes]

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

[cl94]

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

[empirestate]

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.

[Gnutella]

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 I-79 passing under Boone Avenue in Canonsburg, PA.

Here's I-279 (Parkway North) passing under the Swindell Bridge in Pittsburgh.

Here's 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.

[webfil]

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.

[jmd41280]

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.


Bridging the Bridge by Jon Dawson, on Flickr


Joe Montana Bridges by Jon Dawson, on Flickr

[cl94]

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. The SB side has another one of similar height a little south of there at Exit 21.

These bridges carrying the Sprain Parkway over NY 119 are relatively high as well.

[jay8g]

Olympia

Tacoma

[Rothman]

Hulett St over I-890.  Crap. Vdeane already posted it.

Park Hill Ave over the Pike.  And...someone else already posted that. 

Edgewood Rd over I-95/NJT.  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.

[empirestate]

Hulett St over I-890.  Crap. Vdeane already posted it.

Park Hill Ave over the Pike.  And...someone else already posted that. 

Edgewood Rd over I-95/NJT.  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

[Rothman]

Hulett St over I-890.  Crap. Vdeane already posted it.

Park Hill Ave over the Pike.  And...someone else already posted that. 

Edgewood Rd over I-95/NJT.  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.