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The bridge was a total loss, leaving only the stone bridge abutments. [4] Immediately after the fire, officials of the Erie Railroad Company moved quickly to replace the wooden bridge with one built of iron. Construction began on June 8, 1875, and the bridge opened for traffic on July 31, 1875. The bridge was 820 feet (250 m) long and 240 feet ...
The Holcomb Creek Trestle, also known as the Dick Road Trestle, is a wooden railroad trestle bridge in Washington County, Oregon, United States, on Dick Road near the unincorporated community of Helvetia. Spanning 1,168 feet (356 m), it is thought to be the longest wooden railroad trestle still in use in the United States, as well as the ...
Goat Canyon Trestle is a wooden trestle in San Diego County, California. [1] At a length of 597–750 feet (182–229 m), it is the world's largest all-wood trestle. [1] [8] [10] [11] Goat Canyon Trestle was built in 1933 as part of the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway, after one of the many tunnels through the Carrizo Gorge collapsed.
Take a cross-country trip with these vintage photos and visit some of America's most interesting bridges, some of which date back to the 1800s.
John Brown used the B&O bridge at the beginning of his failed attempt to start a slave insurrection in Virginia and further south. The bridge was destroyed during the Civil War and replaced temporarily with a pontoon bridge. [4]: 65 The two crossings today, which are on different alignments, are from the late 19th century and early 20th century.
The B&O Railroad's first bridge across the Ohio River, built in 1857, served a rail line through Parkersburg, West Virginia. But the growing center of Chicago, Illinois, made a span between Benwood, West Virginia, and Bellaire more desirable. In 1865, the B&O obtained the Central Ohio Railroad and later the Sandusky, Mansfield & Newark Railroad.
The Carrollton Viaduct, located over the Gwynns Falls stream near Carroll Park in southwest Baltimore, Maryland, is the first stone masonry bridge for railroad use in the United States, built for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, founded 1827, and one of the world's oldest railroad bridges still in use for rail traffic. Construction began in ...
Railroad bridges no longer used by rail traffic in the United States. These structures may by abandoned or used by another type of traffic. If bridge was later destroyed, also put it into Category:Demolished bridges in the United States. See also Category:Former road bridges in the United States