Cool Railroad Bridges

[Hawk]

Since I like bridges, I thought I'd start a thread about cool, unique, and/or different railroad bridges.
Here's my entry. I found this double-decker bridge (train on top, cars on the bottom) in Brunswick, ME. I believe it's the Pan Am Rw. that runs over it, right where it connects to the Maine Eastern RR.
The coordinates for it in Google Earth are lat: 43.916091 - lon: -69.975123

Double Deck Bridge_001.jpg

Double Deck Bridge_002.jpg

Double Deck Bridge_003.jpg

Double Deck Bridge_004.jpg

[Toripony]

I like bridges, too. Never saw one like that! Cool thread.

[Hawk]

I wish I could have caught that one with a train on the upper level. That would have been really cool.

[Bananarama]

One of my favorites:

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 935&nseq=6

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 78&nseq=56

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 84&nseq=77

There are actually two single-track bridges in these shots, both of which are on the CSX Selkirk Subdivision (ex-NYC, nee Conrail). The bridge in the foreground consists of two truss and one deck girder span, while the bridge in the background is a continuous deck span supported by three steel towers. The line passes next to the Watervliet Reservoir Dam at French's Hollow in the town of Guilderland, NY.

[micaelcorleone]

To me, no bridge can be cooler than the famous Keddie Wye in the Feather River Canyon:

[Trainguy76]

To me, no bridge can be cooler than the famous Keddie Wye in the Feather River Canyon:

I agree.

[buzz456]

Now CN ex-IC.

IC bridge.JPG

IC bridge2.JPG

Buzz

[bsrrco]

Probably the coolest one i have seen is the I street bridge in Sacramento,Ca It is a double deck swing bridge. road on the upper deck, railroad on the lower

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGKa4ww2 ... re=related open/close sequence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf71tBYX ... re=related UP passenger special

[Hawk]

That's a cool bridge too. Just the opposite of the one I posted, except this one is a swing bridge and that one in Maine isn't.

[Kali]

Has to be the Forth Rail bridge for me, but I'm somewhat biased by location :P



Easily find a lot of stunning pics of it with a quick google search.

[Hawk]

That is one awesome bridge.
Ron Picardi built that one for MSTS.

[Chessie8638]

Bridge from my area: Hell Gate Bridge.

Once part of the New York Connecting Railroad, 4 tracks wide. Now carries 3 tracks (2 for the NEC and 1 for freight):

Total Length: 17,000 feet (3.2 mi; 5.2 km).
Width: 100 feet (30.5 m).
Longest span: 1,017 feet (310 m).
Clearance below: 135 feet (41.1 m).



http://nyc-architecture.com/BRI/BRI005-HellGate.htm

[arizonachris]

That Keddie Wye is amazing, so is Forth Rail. Only crappy overpasses out here where I'm at.

[Kali]

Couple more famous ones from over here for people who might not have seen them - given how hilly the UK is there's a vast selection to choose from, I'm trying to find the more interesting but less famous ones.



Berwick Viaduct on the East coast main line, built by Robert Stephenson ( he of Rocket fame ).

Brunel's Tamar bridge near Plymouth on the line to Cornwall. - too big to sanely post.

[Shortliner]

That Keddie Wye is amazing, so is Forth Rail. Only crappy overpasses out here where I'm at.

Same here for me.