There's a pretty cool looking railroad bridge in Ballinger that I'm not sure what the proper type is called. It's being worked on because here in Angelo, a Portuguese company was approved to build a wind turbine building factory. So the entire stretch of tracks has to be replaced, including the bridge, well the bridge doesn't have to be replaced, but it has to be like re-structured, and what not. I'll try and get a picture of it sometime. Then there's a cool bridge outside of Del Rio, Tx, it goes over Amistad Reservoir, It's really long, I don't think I have a picture, but I'll take some when I go back down there. Y'all know of any cool railroad bridges?
BigMatt
I like any railroad bridges that include a truss, but those tend to be hard to photograph.
Here's a video of a nice 1 somebody posted:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=AFkHIV5fdqM :coffee:
How about combo rail/road bridges?
http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/qc/qc_112 - Pont Victoria, Montreal
http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/ms/old_80 - Old Vicksburg Bridge, MS-LA
Soon to be featured: http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/la/us_90/h.html (Huey Long bridge - tentative update this coming weekend - don't click before then!)
http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/ny/brooklyn - Brooklyn Bridge
http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/ny/wburg - Williamsburg Bridge
The taller sections are the original bridge. After a particularly devastating flood, the Army Corps of Engineers widened the Scioto River in Columbus Ohio, making the extension necessary. Why they didn't match it up is beyond me, but I rather like it the way it is.
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Here's the bridge at Bishops Falls, Newfoundland. Known locally as the "Trestle" and once used by Canadian National Railways Narrow-Gauge Division. It's now crossed by the Newfoundland T'Railway hiking and biking trail.
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Quote from: AlpsROADS on September 29, 2010, 07:14:20 PM
How about combo rail/road bridges?
Soon to be featured: http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/la/us_90/h.html (Huey Long bridge - tentative update this coming weekend - don't click before then!)
You mean Huey Long bridge(S) with the Huey Long bridge near Baton Rouge along US 190 as well
The Wanette-Byars Bridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanette-Byars_Bridge) is a pretty cool former railroad bridge that's since been converted to a one-lane bridge. Pretty neat.
Do you have any that are now roads?
We have several that become roads when the rail line closed such as this (http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll=56.454535,-5.390832&spn=0.009142,0.036049&z=16&layer=c&cbll=56.454449,-5.390835&panoid=RvG9Cscmm3AcBKNcktAX1A&cbp=12,355.75,,0,4.79). This one was only a single track line so traffic lights allow only one direction of traffic on the bridge at a time.
Another rail/road combo, with the road on the lower level as a single lane: Androscoggin River Railroad Bridge (http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/me/bridge) in Maine.
Quote from: Truvelo on October 05, 2010, 02:53:56 PM
Do you have any that are now roads?
We have several that become roads when the rail line closed such as this (http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll=56.454535,-5.390832&spn=0.009142,0.036049&z=16&layer=c&cbll=56.454449,-5.390835&panoid=RvG9Cscmm3AcBKNcktAX1A&cbp=12,355.75,,0,4.79). This one was only a single track line so traffic lights allow only one direction of traffic on the bridge at a time.
Once upon a time many years ago, the lower deck of the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge was for railroads. I don't know when the rails were removed and the lower deck converted to eastbound car traffic, but probably one of our fellow road historians will have the answer.
Quote from: Truvelo on October 05, 2010, 02:53:56 PM
Do you have any that are now roads?
We have several that become roads when the rail line closed such as this (http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll=56.454535,-5.390832&spn=0.009142,0.036049&z=16&layer=c&cbll=56.454449,-5.390835&panoid=RvG9Cscmm3AcBKNcktAX1A&cbp=12,355.75,,0,4.79). This one was only a single track line so traffic lights allow only one direction of traffic on the bridge at a time.
I just thought of another one, James: A long time ago when sugar cane was king in Hawaii, the sugar companies used railroads for hauling the freshly harvested cane to the mills. One such railroad bridge crossed the mouth of the Wailua River on Kauai just
makai (Hawaiian for "toward the ocean") of the Kuhio Highway (Hawaii 56) bridge. Eventually the railroads were removed and replaced with company dirt "haul cane roads" used by big trucks to haul the freshly harvested cane, and the old railroad bridge over the Wailua River became part of the cane-hauling road. (Living on Kauai from 1979 to 1986, I definitely remember all the big cane-hauling trucks crisscrossing the cane fields.) By about 1995, the sugar industry was
pau (Hawaiian for "done" or "finished") and the one-time railroad/haul cane bridge became the northbound lanes for Kuhio Highway.
Quote from: Truvelo on October 05, 2010, 02:53:56 PM
Once upon a time many years ago, the lower deck of the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge was for railroads. I don't know when the rails were removed and the lower deck converted to eastbound car traffic, but probably one of our fellow road historians will have the answer.
It was the Key System streetcar (trolley) system that extended over the lower deck of the bridge until 1958.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_System
EDIT:
Back in 2000, I saw the cars preserved at the Western Railway Museum at Rio Vista Junction, CA.
Thanks, mightyace! :nod:
Quote from: hm insulators on October 12, 2010, 01:08:02 PM
By about 1995, the sugar industry was pau (Hawaiian for "done" or "finished") and the one-time railroad/haul cane bridge became the northbound lanes for Kuhio Highway.
As seen on my site (http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/hi/hi_56), it's northbound lane, singular (a one lane bridge), and the other bridge is one SB lane and one reversible lane. Pressing the old cane road bridge into service allowed the reversible peak hour lane.
Quote from: AlpsROADS on October 12, 2010, 09:24:15 PM
Quote from: hm insulators on October 12, 2010, 01:08:02 PM
By about 1995, the sugar industry was pau (Hawaiian for "done" or "finished") and the one-time railroad/haul cane bridge became the northbound lanes for Kuhio Highway.
As seen on my site (http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/hi/hi_56), it's northbound lane, singular (a one lane bridge), and the other bridge is one SB lane and one reversible lane. Pressing the old cane road bridge into service allowed the reversible peak hour lane.
Last time I was on this website, I had trouble finding this thread, but today, I succeeded and just had fun prowling through all your pictures of Kauai. I used to live in Koloa, so I definitely remember Sueoka's little grocery store, the chimney for the oldest sugar mill and so forth.
Hey, AlpsROADS, after reading your page on Victoria Bridge, I wanted to clarify some details about the car lanes.
QuoteThere are, in fact, two separate sets of ramps for each side, ending up in the same place. This supports the theory that each side might once have been two-way, for then there would be a reason to have both the eight-foot lanes through the ramps and the entire second set of ramps at all.
From the info I have here (an old book from the MTQ), one of the two car side-lanes was installed in 1935 to serve both directions (with very tight lanes I assume), then the second one was added in 1955.
Now, both sides are reversible, and the bridge is inbound-only during weekday mornings and outbound-only during weekday evenings to accommodate commuter traffic.
The ramp duplication on the South end is to avoid traffic blockage while a boat is in the locks that go through the bridge. Only one of the two ramps is lifted up at a time, and the traffic is directed to the one that's down. This is also why the second track gets so far from the other one on that end.
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The Rancocas Creek railroad Arch Bridge was built for the riverline light rail system. It is next to the Riverside-Delanco Bridge that is a swing bridge maintained by the Burlington County Bridge Comission.
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Fairly impressive little arch bridge.
Also for multi use, the Ben Franklin bridge probably wins.
Cars,Trolleys,and Subway Trains could run on it, only cars and subway trains have used it.
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Original Layout, the deck between the trusses is now dedicated to automobile traffic.
Quote from: SteveG1988 on November 22, 2010, 06:52:32 PM
Also for multi use, the Ben Franklin bridge probably wins.
Cars,Trolleys,and Subway Trains could run on it, only cars and subway trains have used it.
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Original Layout, the deck between the trusses is now dedicated to automobile traffic.
How quaint, 9'-6" lanes and no center median. Step up from the Schuylkill I suppose ;)
I think the only section of I-76 in Philly that is interstate standard, or close to it, has to be the walt whitman bridge.
I wouldn't call it that.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Walt+Whitman+Bridge,+Gloucester+City,+NJ&sll=41.105953,-73.54821&sspn=0.011851,0.012596&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Walt+Whitman+Bridge,+Gloucester+City,+Camden,+New+Jersey&ll=39.906218,-75.135614&spn=0.023999,0.025191&t=h&z=15&layer=c&cbll=39.906218,-75.135614&panoid=HysRSGXXw9YS74hOZnfUcQ&cbp=12,91.85,,0,32.6
while we could debate the movable barrier in the middle, the lack of a shoulder on the right side is definitely sub-standard.
I rather like 1886 Blackfriars Bridge (http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=51.509578,-0.104328&spn=0,0.009645&z=17&layer=c&cbll=51.509578,-0.104328&panoid=DbevBOQkl9Grh0lzlOTTtA&cbp=12,47.46,,0,11.31), London with it's painted steel arches (http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=51.510989,-0.103388&spn=0,0.004823&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=51.511017,-0.103618&panoid=242FnS3TgE1UPlbrdZBc0g&cbp=12,151.1,,0,-13.82). Those are old bridge supports between us on the road bridge and the rail bridge, from when there was 8(?) tracks across the Thames here. Currently they are widening it, using the old (1864-1985) supports (reinforced) and moving the station a bit to the south (and making it look a lot better than it does now - big nasty grey steel box and half-open platforms), so that instead of going halfway across the river, it goes the whole way. The old bridge side will have terminating platforms, and the terminating platforms on the other side of the bridge will be closed.
From a distance, the Hungerford bridge (http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=51.508728,-0.117092&spn=0,0.009645&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=51.508728,-0.117092&panoid=x2D2X_lDq4fgqZJThlWy-g&cbp=12,217.62,,1,1.2) looks good, until you realise that the good looking bridges are separate footbridges (replacing a nasty one that was basically a metal structure bolted to the side of the rail bridge - so that it wobbled every 30 seconds when a train passed by you, and there was a nice view of the Thames through a foot-wide gap between the rail and foot bridges) and it's not that nice to look at.
If Trusses be your thing, the cantilever-trussed Forth Rail Bridge (http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=56.00015,-3.404068&spn=0,0.006866&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=56.00015,-3.404068&panoid=mANWR_CsKIIvOPdCZQ483w&cbp=12,79.91,,0,4.23) is the grandaddy of them all - it's not only rather long (nearly 8,300ft/over 2.5 km), it's also rather old (opened 1890 and in much better shape than the nearby 1960s road bridge) and busy (nearly 200 trains per day). Even if it was built today, it would be an impressive feat of engineering.
Quote from: mightyace on November 22, 2010, 07:58:18 PM
I wouldn't call it that. while we could debate the movable barrier in the middle, the lack of a shoulder on the right side is definitely sub-standard.
Okay how about, closest the road comes to not being so substandard it is very dangerous.
I think my favorite delaware river bridge has to be the delaware memorial bridge, perfect crossing for NJ.
WVUE-TV in New Orleans did a good piece on the Huey P. Long Bridge last night. The bridge turns 75 this week.
http://www.fox8live.com/news/local/story/Heart-of-Louisiana-Huey-P-Long-Bridge-still-a/afd0ENZ-LEGck5EpUURIJg.cspx (http://www.fox8live.com/news/local/story/Heart-of-Louisiana-Huey-P-Long-Bridge-still-a/afd0ENZ-LEGck5EpUURIJg.cspx)
The link includes video.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Kill_Vertical_Lift_Bridge
The largest vertical lift bridge in the world. Newark NJ
Quote from: SteveG1988 on December 16, 2010, 12:47:28 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Kill_Vertical_Lift_Bridge
The largest vertical lift bridge in the world. Newark NJ
Oddly I was just talking with someone about rail service on Staten Island. Interesting to know that it's been re-established.
I'm partial to the Bahia Honda Bridge in the Keys. When they converted it from a rail bridge to a highway bridge, the road wouldn't fit inside the truss structure so they actually build the highway on top of the old railroad trusses.
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was it ever used for both railroad and cars at the same time?
Quote from: agentsteel53 on December 20, 2010, 04:08:09 PM
was it ever used for both railroad and cars at the same time?
It was originally a railroad, built about the time of World War I. In 1935, the Labor Day Hurricane, with winds gusting over 200 mph, slammed into the Keys and tore the railroad to shreds; a rescue train that had been sent over from Miami was overturned by the storm. The original Overseas Highway then replaced the railroad.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on December 20, 2010, 04:08:09 PM
was it ever used for both railroad and cars at the same time?
As hm insulators said, nope. The railroad didn't have the money to fix it after the hurricane, and the FEC railroad line was truncated to Miami. FDOT decided to rebuild it as a highway. Most of the old rail bridges in the Keys were stone arch or other open-top designs so they were able to cantilever a wider roadway onto the rail supports.
In the years since, most of the old converted rail bridges were bypassed by modern highway bridges, but you can still see them running parallel to US1. They've functioned as fishing piers until recently, and are currently being refurbished and reopened as a multi-use path.
The 7-mile bridge just west (south on US1) of Marathon is another great example. What's cool about this bridge is that they switched construction methods part-way through. One side is stone arch and the other side is steel. In the google maps link below you can clearly see the old roadway cantilevered onto the rail structure.
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=24.689545,-81.202784&spn=0.007253,0.009645&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=24.689641,-81.202448&panoid=_v5F-zrJRiq0TZQYwu2OeA&cbp=12,355.76,,0,4.62
Quote from: realjd on December 20, 2010, 05:03:04 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on December 20, 2010, 04:08:09 PM
was it ever used for both railroad and cars at the same time?
As hm insulators said, nope. The railroad didn't have the money to fix it after the hurricane, and the FEC railroad line was truncated to Miami. FDOT decided to rebuild it as a highway. Most of the old rail bridges in the Keys were stone arch or other open-top designs so they were able to cantilever a wider roadway onto the rail supports.
In the years since, most of the old converted rail bridges were bypassed by modern highway bridges, but you can still see them running parallel to US1. They've functioned as fishing piers until recently, and are currently being refurbished and reopened as a multi-use path.
The 7-mile bridge just west (south on US1) of Marathon is another great example. What's cool about this bridge is that they switched construction methods part-way through. One side is stone arch and the other side is steel. In the google maps link below you can clearly see the old roadway cantilevered onto the rail structure.
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=24.689545,-81.202784&spn=0.007253,0.009645&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=24.689641,-81.202448&panoid=_v5F-zrJRiq0TZQYwu2OeA&cbp=12,355.76,,0,4.62
I have photos of many of the bridges on my site - www.alpsroads.net/roads/fl/us_1/k.html
Quote from: AlpsROADS on December 20, 2010, 08:14:43 PM
I have photos of many of the bridges on my site - www.alpsroads.net/roads/fl/us_1/k.html
Cool, thanks!
One note - the gaps in the old bridges were often provided to permit taller boat traffic, not necessarily always to block access to the old bridge portions.
My favorite is the Harahan Bridge across the Mississippi at Memphis. Built ca 1897, at one time it had a road hanging off the side of it. You can still see the road approaches on the Arkansas side from I-55.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=memphis,+tn&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=34.038806,56.337891&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Memphis,+Shelby,+Tennessee&ll=35.135054,-90.084844&spn=0.00429,0.006877&t=k&z=17
My Dad remembers times when it caught fire from sparks from the trains. Apparently, the planks were heavily soaked in creosote. I will have to dig out my photos and get them posted.
QuoteMy favorite is the Harahan Bridge across the Mississippi at Memphis. Built ca 1897, at one time it had a road hanging off the side of it. You can still see the road approaches on the Arkansas side from I-55.
On this note, entities in Tennessee and Arkansas are studying and negotiating with Union Pacific to see if one of the road overhangs on the Harahan Bridge can be rehabilitated and used as a bike/ped path.
they are working on replacing the overtruss swing bridge built in 1899 across the fox river in Oshkosh WI, with a new draw bridge.
There the Victoria bridge in Montreal, built in 1859, rebuilt as a truss bridge in 1898 and having a road path in 1901 but the southern approach was remade during the construction of the St. Lawrence seaway in 1958-59.
Quote from: realjd on December 21, 2010, 08:31:13 AM
Quote from: AlpsROADS on December 20, 2010, 08:14:43 PM
I have photos of many of the bridges on my site - www.alpsroads.net/roads/fl/us_1/k.html
Cool, thanks!
One note - the gaps in the old bridges were often provided to permit taller boat traffic, not necessarily always to block access to the old bridge portions.
I do (grudgingly) acknowledge that on the 7 mile bridge page. :cool:
NJ transit is planning on restarting service over the paulins kill viaduct, (found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulinskill_Viaduct ) and also the Delaware River Viaduct of similar design ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_River_Viaduct ) with service to near scranton. Rail has already been laid to reconstruct these lines.
Quote from: SteveG1988 on December 20, 2011, 12:53:25 AM
NJ transit is planning on restarting service over the paulins kill viaduct, (found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulinskill_Viaduct ) and also the Delaware River Viaduct of similar design ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_River_Viaduct ) with service to near scranton. Rail has already been laid to reconstruct these lines.
I was up on that bridge not too long ago (there's a trail), so it's interesting to think that in the not too distant future people will be once again prohibited. Then again, there are ways up for those who know 8)
1914 railroad bridge over Golf Course Drive in Prince George County, Virginia.
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I forget whether I asked this question before, but what was that former railroad bridge over I-85 in South Carolina that's at the bottom of a hill completley surrounded by some stipped forest?
An example of an impressive "Erector Set" bridge may be found crossing the Monongahela River in Belle Vernon, PA. It runs right alongside I-70, about midway between Washington, PA and New Stanton. A second rail bridge curves under it on the east bank, and a ground-level track runs under it to the west. Just the kind of stuff model railroaders like to duplicate.
http://goo.gl/maps/jqcGB
I always liked the lift bridges on and along Torrence Ave on the south side of Chicago at Lake Calumet.
The one that is very rusty with the lift up was the railroad bridge with the roadway next to it.
http://bridgehunter.com/photos/24/00/240015-M.jpg
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR7Dp0dpbPLeoNR5TCLSFWqpRYhZ8LQSYFTS25gqHcrSad43BWpww
There is also a new one of the South Shore Line going over Torrence at 130th St that is still under construction. Google has not updated it yet but it is replacing this one: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Torrence+Avenue+Chicago&aq=&sll=41.872218,-87.947792&sspn=1.24349,2.334595&vpsrc=6&t=h&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Torrence+Ave,+Chicago,+Cook,+Illinois+60633&ll=41.659383,-87.559276&spn=0.019494,0.036478&z=15&cbll=41.658799,-87.559293&panoid=q7qrmDO9Fo9jVCUIx76Odg&cbp=12,180,,0,2.54&ei=Xe17UeKsFanqwQHZxIDQAg&pw=2
For this one: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.wnyc.org/i/raw/1/transportation201208Chicago-truss-bridge-big--600x401.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.wnyc.org/blogs/transportation-nation/2012/aug/27/largest-truss-bridge-moved-while-fully-assembled-chicago/&h=401&w=600&sz=81&tbnid=Wih_E4w9Fqe-oM:&tbnh=88&tbnw=132&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dimages%2Bof%2BTorrence%2BAvenue%2Bat%2B130th%2BSt,%2BChicago%2BIL%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=images+of+Torrence+Avenue+at+130th+St,+Chicago+IL&usg=__intgxEubU4vMuKoIdrHZjuV8Eyw=&docid=-mP8eQ5Mx7zO6M&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ROt7UdP6Daic2QX3uYCACQ&ved=0CDYQ9QEwAg&dur=455
The Howley Lift Bridge on CN's abandoned narrow-gauge Newfoundland Railway.
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just outside Medina, Ohio:
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Quote from: Alps on October 06, 2010, 07:14:15 AM
Another rail/road combo, with the road on the lower level as a single lane: Androscoggin River Railroad Bridge (http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/me/bridge) in Maine.
There are at least two like that over the Ohio River leading south from Cincinnati.
One is the C&O Bridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%26O_Railroad_Bridge) alongside the Clay Wade Bailey Bridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Wade_Bailey_Bridge), where the railroad and highway cross on the same piers, but different trusses! The railroad is still in use, and the road carries US-25 (ends on the Ohio side?), US-42, and US-127.
The other is the L&N Bridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport_Southbank_Bridge), now known as the pedestrian-only "Purple People" bridge. This one seems to be primarily a highway bridge, but with a freight rail corridor on the east side. The railroad stopped using this bridge back in 1987 for several reasons: (1) On the Newport, KY side, freight trains literally ran down the middle of Saratoga St. (the tracks have since been removed, and replaced with a curbed, grassy median) (2) On the Ohio side, there was apparently a tight curve where freight cars sometimes toppled. (3) CSX had consolidated their two rail divisions: Seaboard System (which included L&N) and Chessie System (which included C&O), so they switched all traffic to the safer C&O bridge. I wonder, did this bridge also lead to those mysterious rail overpasses across I-71 in downtown Cincy, thus explaining why they're unused?
I think the famed Roebling Bridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Roebling_Suspension_Bridge) once carried trolleys.