The Sciotoville Bridge is a steel

continuous truss bridge A continuous truss bridge is a truss bridge which extends without hinges or joints across three or more supports. A continuous truss bridge may use less material than a series of simple trusses because a continuous truss distributes live loads ...

carrying railway tracks belonging to

CSX Transportation CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. ...

across the

Ohio River The Ohio River is a long river in the United States. It is located at the boundary of the Midwestern and Southern United States, flowing southwesterly from western Pennsylvania to its mouth on the Mississippi River at the southern tip of Illino ...

between Siloam - a junction located north of Limeville, Kentucky and east of

South Shore, Kentucky South Shore is a home rule-class city in Greenup County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 1,122 at the 2010 census, down from 1,226 in 2000. It is located along the Ohio River across from Portsmouth, Ohio, at the mouth of Tygarts Cr ...

- and

Sciotoville, Ohio Sciotoville is a neighborhood in the city of Portsmouth in Scioto County, Ohio. It is located at the intersection of U.S. 52 and State Route 335 between the village of New Boston and Wheelersburg in Scioto County along the northern bank of th ...

in the

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. Designed by

Gustav Lindenthal Gustav Lindenthal (May 21, 1850 – July 31, 1935) was a civil engineer who designed the Queensboro and Hell Gate bridges in New York City, among other bridges. Lindenthal's work was greatly affected by his pursuit for perfection and his lov ...

, the bridge was constructed in 1916 by

Chesapeake and Ohio Railway The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway was a Class I railroad formed in 1869 in Virginia from several smaller Virginia railroads begun in the 19th century. Led by industrialist Collis P. Huntington, it reached from Virginia's capital city of Richmond t ...

subsidiary Chesapeake and Ohio Northern Railway as part of a new route between Ashland, Kentucky and

Columbus, Ohio Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and t ...

. The bridge is continuous across two spans,Durkee, Jackson
"World's Longest Bridge Spans"
, National Steel Bridge Alliance, May 24, 1999 and is considered an engineering marvel. It held the record for longest continuous truss span in the world from its opening until 1945.

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C&O Sciotoville Bridge
at Bridges & Tunnels

at Minford, Ohio Schools *True story involving the Sciotoville Bridg
Dipping Ice Cream
Sciotoville Bridge aerial 2017

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