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Road and rail may be segregated, so that trains may operate at the same time as road vehicles (e.g. the Sydney Harbour Bridge). With truss bridges, the rail track can be above the roadway or vice versa. Road and rail may share the same carriageway so that road traffic must stop when the trains operate, like a level crossing.
The bridge represented a substantial development in concrete arch bridge design. It followed the 33-foot (10 m) spans used in Swansons Rail Bridge on the Main Line near Toowoomba and the 47-foot (14 m) span at Petrie Terrace road overbridge. It was followed by two substantial concrete arch bridges on the Main Line near Lockyer. [1]
Keokuk Rail Bridge, between Keokuk, Iowa and Hamilton, Illinois; La Crosse Rail Bridge, between La Crescent, Minnesota and La Crosse, Wisconsin; Louisiana Railroad Bridge, between Louisiana, Missouri and Pike County, Illinois; Newport Rail Bridge, between Inver Grove Heights and St. Paul Park, Minnesota
The rail track can be above the roadway or vice versa with truss bridges. Road and rail may share the same carriageway so that road traffic must stop when the trains operate (like a level crossing), or operate together like a tram in a street (street running). Road–rail bridges are sometimes called combined bridges. [1]
Bennerley Viaduct Bennerley Viaduct in 2010 Coordinates 52°59′22″N 1°17′55″W / 52.989538°N 1.298532°W / 52.989538; -1.298532 (Bennerley Viaduct) Carries Formerly Great Northern Railway ; now foot traffic Crosses River Erewash Locale Awsworth / Ilkeston (near Nottingham) Maintained by Railway Paths Ltd Heritage status Grade II* listed building Characteristics Total ...
The Norfolk Southern–Gregson Street Overpass, also known as the 11-foot-8 Bridge or the Can Opener Bridge, [a] is a railroad bridge in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Built in 1940, the bridge allows passenger and freight trains to cross over South Gregson Street in downtown Durham and also functions as the northbound access to the ...
Dock Bridge – A six-track rail bridge in New Jersey carrying Amtrak, New Jersey Transit, and PATH trains over the Passaic River, consisting of three parallel vertical lift spans carrying one, two, and three tracks respectively from south to north, with both tracks of the two-track span at a higher level than all the others.
Tsing Lai Bridge) (rapid transit, two tracks on each of the two levels) East Rail and a footbridge across Prince Edward Road West; Three bridges across Sha Tin Centre Street that are part of New Town Plaza I; Bridge between New Town Plaza I and Citylink Plaza and Sha Tin station across Tai Po Road — Sha Tin and East Rail