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List Of Trestle Bridges
This is a list of trestle bridges. The United States once had many; now some survive and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). These include: ;in the United States *Sulphur Trestle Fort Site, Elkmont, Alabama, NRHP-listed *St. Francis River Bridge (Lake City, Arkansas) *West James Street Overpass (1924), Redfield, Arkansas *Warrens Bridge (c. 1930), Arkansas *Clio Trestle, California *Dumbarton Rail Bridge, California *Richmond–San Rafael Bridge, California *San Mateo–Hayward Bridge, California *San Luis Southern Railway Trestle, Blanca, Colorado, NRHP-listed *D & RG Narrow Gauge Trestle, Cimarron, Colorado, NRHP-listed *Doe Run Trestle, Springfield, Kentucky, NRHP-listed *Chacahoula Swamp Bridge (1995), Louisiana *Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, Louisiana *CNR Bonnet Carré Spillway-McComb Bridge, Louisiana *Louisiana Highway 1 Bridge, Louisiana *U.S. 61 Bonnet Carré Spillway Bridge, Louisiana *Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Bridge, Antietam Creek, Maryland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trestle Bridges
A trestle bridge is a bridge composed of a number of short spans supported by closely spaced frames. A trestle support, trestle (sometimes tressel) is a rigid frame used as a support, historically a tripod used to support a stool or a pair of isosceles triangles joined at their apices by a Plank (wood), plank or beam (structure), beam such as the support structure for a trestle table. Each supporting frame is a bent (structural), bent. A trestle differs from a viaduct in that viaducts have towers that support much longer spans and typically have a higher elevation. Timber and iron trestles (i.e. bridges) were extensively used in the 19th century, the former making up from 1 to 3 percent of the total length of the average railroad. In the 21st century, steel and sometimes concrete trestles are commonly used to bridge particularly deep valleys, while timber trestles remain common in certain areas. Many timber trestles were built in the 19th and early 20th centuries with the exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verrazano Bridge (Maryland)
The Verrazano Bridge in Maryland is a bridge on Maryland Route 611 over Sinepuxent Bay that connects Assateague Island to the mainland. The crossing, built in 1964, contains two spans, one carrying automobiles and the other carrying pedestrians and bicycles. It is owned by Maryland, not by the National Park Service. NPS, however, does own part of Assateague Island. History Like the larger and more famous Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, it is named for Giovanni da Verrazzano Giovanni da Verrazzano ( , , often misspelled Verrazano in English; 1485–1528) was an Italian ( Florentine) explorer of North America, in the service of King Francis I of France. He is renowned as the first European to explore the Atlanti .... Maryland ferry service ended when the Verrazano Bridge was built in 1964. Visitor center There is a visitor center on Route 611, right before the bridge. References Road bridges in Maryland Pedestrian bridges in Maryland Trestle bridges in the United State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dale Creek Crossing
The 650-foot (200 m) Dale Creek Crossing, completed in 1868 in the southeastern Wyoming Territory, presented engineers of the United States' first transcontinental railroad one of their most difficult challenges. Dale Creek Bridge, the longest bridge on the Union Pacific Railroad (UP), reached 150 feet (46 m) above Dale Creek, two miles (3.2 km) west of Sherman, Wyoming. The eastern approach to the bridge site, near the highest elevation on the UP, 8,247 feet (2,514 m) above sea level, required cutting through granite for nearly a mile. Solid rock also confronted workers on the west side of the bridge where they made a cut one mile (1.6 km) in length. Originally built of wood, the trestle swayed in the wind as the first train crossed on April 23, 1868. In the days following, as carpenters rushed to shore up the bridge, two fell to their deaths. Still, the bridge's timbers flexed under the strain of passing trains. The original bridge was replaced on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel (CBBT, officially the Lucius J. Kellam Jr. Bridge–Tunnel) is a bridge–tunnel that crosses the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay between Delmarva and Hampton Roads in the U.S. state of Virginia. It opened in 1964, replacing ferries that had operated since the 1930s. A major project to dualize its bridges was completed in 1999, and a similar project to dualize one of its tunnels is currently underway. With of bridges and two tunnels, the CBBT is one of only 14 bridge–tunnel systems in the world and one of three in Hampton Roads. It carries US 13, which saves motorists roughly and hours on trips between Hampton Roads and the Delaware Valley compared with other routes through the Washington–Baltimore Metropolitan Area. , over 140 million vehicles have crossed the CBBT. The CBBT was built and is operated by the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District, a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia governed by the Chesapeake B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilburton Trestle
The Wilburton Trestle is a historic wooden railway trestle in Bellevue, Washington. Measuring high and long, it is the longest wooden trestle in the Pacific Northwest. The trestle carried a single track of a former Northern Pacific branch line over a valley that used to be an extension of Lake Washington. The line ran approximately from Renton in the south to Snohomish in the north. Before the abandonment of the rail line by BNSF, freight trains ran six days a week, including those carrying Boeing's aircraft fuselages to its assembly plant in Renton. It was also used daily by the popular Spirit of Washington Dinner Train, but this service ceased at the end of June 2007. The trestle was originally completed in 1904 as part of the Northern Pacific Railway's Lake Washington Belt Line from Black River Junction (south of Seattle) to Woodinville. It was subsequently rebuilt four separate times, in 1913, 1924, 1934, and 1943, due to deterioration of the timber. In 1973, a road, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arboretum Sewer Trestle
The Arboretum Sewer Trestle (also known as Arboretum Aqueduct, , Individual Landmarks, Department of Neighborhoods, City of Seattle. Accessed online 28 December 2007. Arboretum Aqueduct and Sewer Trestle, or Wilcox Footbridge) is a historic multiarched concrete-and-brick and footbridge in the Washington Park Arboretum
Washington Park is a public park in Seattle, Washington, United States, most of which is taken up by the Washington Park Arboretum, ...
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Delta Trestle Bridge, Maryland And Pennsylvania Railroad
Delta Trestle Bridge, Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad is a historic wooden trestle railroad bridge in Peach Bottom Township, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1875, and measures about overall. It was built by the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad to connect two rises of land divided by a ravine. It is one of only two trestle bridges to remain from the original railroad, the other being the Taylor trestle, in York Township, PA, between Red Lion, PA and Dallastown, PA. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ... in 1995. References {{NRHP bridges Railroad bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Bridges completed in 1875 Bridges in York Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Street Railroad Bridge And Trestle
The Union Street Railroad Bridge is a vertical lift, Pratt through truss bridge that spans the Willamette River in Salem, Oregon, United States, built in 1912–13. It was last used by trains in the early 1990s and was sold for one dollar in 2003 to the City of Salem, which converted it to bicycle and pedestrian use in 2008–2009. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. History The bridge was engineered by Waddell & Harrington, and the lift span uses their patented lift bridge design. The bridge was built for the Salem, Falls City and Western Railway (SFC&W), which was incorporated in 1901 as a logging railroad by Louis Gerlinger and Charles K. Spaulding. After the initial construction of a line between Dallas and Falls City in 1903, the line reached the formerly separate city of West Salem in 1909; passenger service across the Willamette to Salem was provided by ferry. Southern Pacific (SP) gained full control of the Salem, Falls City and West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wills Canyon Spur Trestle
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Mexican Canyon Trestle
Mexican Canyon Trestle is a historic wooden trestle bridge in New Mexico's Sacramento Mountains, Otero County, New Mexico, just outside Cloudcroft, New Mexico. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. With It is located about northwest of Cloudcroft off US 82. It can be seen from a viewpoint, off the highway, with a historical plaque describing "The Cloud Climbing Railroad". It is the most prominent remaining structure of the Alamogordo and Sacramento Mountain Railway which operated under various names from 1899 to 1947. Built in 1899, the curved trestle has an overall length of 323 feet and rises 52 feet above the canyon floor. Vertical supports spaced 15 feet apart consist of 12" x 12" timbers. The rails (removed in 1948) and crossties were placed on 8"x16" stringers held together with three-quarter-inch bolts and cast iron spacers. In order to form the curve, the top part was built in 21 sections with 8"x16" timbers. There are 10 main timbers 15 fee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridge A 249
Bridge A 249 is a historic wooden trestle bridge in New Mexico's Sacramento Mountains, Otero County, New Mexico, just outside Cloudcroft, New Mexico. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015 as Bridge A 249-Cloudcroft, New Mexico. It is a very small trestle bridge, relative to the Mexico Canyon Railroad Trestle a short ways away, which has a viewpoint from the highway. This one has just three small spans: a central span resting on wooden supports and two approach spans. It is a single-tier wood-frame trestle which was part of the Alamogordo & Sacramento Mountains Railroad, a railroad that operated from 1899 to 1947. The railroad had about of track connecting Alamogordo, New Mexico to spruce and fir timber areas in the Sacramento Mountains. This trestle is one of seven trestles surviving out of 51 built by the railroad. It was deemed significant "in the area of engineering because it is a representative design by Chief Engineer H. A. Sumner of s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
