Single-lane roads

[Rushmeister]

SR 225 near Battleground, IN and Delphi, IN has a single-lane bridge over the Wabash River, controlled by traffic signals.

I suppose this belongs in the "Bridges" category, not the "Single-lane roads" thread, but...

When I was a kid I lived near this bridge.  Back in those days there were no signals, which resulted in confusion at times.  Most drivers exercised patience and courtesy and problems were few.  In the pre-signal days an unwritten rule-of-crossing existed:  If you approached the bridge and saw that there was already a car on the bridge going the same direction as you, then you could proceed to cross -- even if there was an approaching car queued up and waiting to cross.   More efficient than simply taking turns. 

Occasionally two opposing cars would reach the approaches at the same time.  A quick flash of the headlamps would signal your intent to yield to the other vehicle and you waited your turn.

However, I have witnessed instances of impatient drivers turning this into a two-lane bridge.  It can be done if the vehicles are small enough.

Not so many years ago Wabash River in this part of Indiana had many one-lane bridges.  Above Lafayette one-lane crossings existed at Battleground (pictured here), Americus, and just west of Delphi (oddly named Bicycle Bridge).  Below Lafayette were the one-lane Granville Bridge and the crossing between Independence and Riverside.  All of these bridges were beautiful iron truss monstrosities.  In the 1970s and 80s all of them were decommissioned and replaced, except for the IND 225 bridge near Battleground.  I wonder how many years she has left in her.

Oh, and one more thing about this bridge...     No alloy air-cars allowed.

[hbelkins]

Nope, they're all relatively old.  Until late 2012, we still had a one-lane bridge in Will County, one of the six counties typically considered "Chicagoland".



Renwick Road over the DuPage River.  The bridge is still there, bypassed by a more modern one, but it is now used for bicycle and pedestrian traffic.

Looks like your bridge photo got photobombed by a European mountain range.

[theline]

Not so many years ago Wabash River in this part of Indiana had many one-lane bridges.  Above Lafayette one-lane crossings existed at Battleground (pictured here), Americus, and just west of Delphi (oddly named Bicycle Bridge).  Below Lafayette were the one-lane Granville Bridge and the crossing between Independence and Riverside.  All of these bridges were beautiful iron truss monstrosities.  In the 1970s and 80s all of them were decommissioned and replaced, except for the IND 225 bridge near Battleground.  I wonder how many years she has left in her.

When I was a child, in the early '60s, I recall crossing the Wabash on US-31 at Peru on a signal-controlled one-lane iron truss bridge. Even then it struck me as awfully primitive for a major highway.

[freebrickproductions]

Riverview Drive here in Huntsville, AL has a single-lane segment going around a sharp corner:
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