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The DL&W built the viaduct as part of its 39.6-mile (63.7 km) Nicholson Cutoff, which replaced a winding and hilly section of the route between Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Binghamton, New York, saving 3.6 miles (5.8 km), 21 minutes of passenger train time, and one hour of freight train time. The bridge was designed by the DL&W's Abraham Burton ...
Two hobos riding the rods. Most train hoppers simply rode in or above freight cars. Another historic method was “riding the rods“. In the early 1900s days of wood frame freight car construction, steel truss rods were used to support the underside of the car in order to provide it with the strength to carry heavy loads.
By the mid-1950s, traffic on the bridge was limited to one train at a time. [5] In 1986, some of the bridge towers were damaged in a wind storm. [5] Union Pacific Railroad is the current owner of the bridge, and starting in 2001, they undertook an inspection and repair program; this resulted in both tracks being opened again, but with a 25-mile-per-hour (40 km/h) slow order.
Upper Falls with train passing Portage Viaduct. Popular local rumor contends that the Portage Bridge was used for a famous scene in the 1986 movie Stand By Me. [citation needed] In reality, the bridge used in the movie is the Lake Britton Bridge in McArthur–Burney Falls Memorial State Park near Redding, California. [7]
After shortening the spur from the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, and with the land between the two valleys acting as the ninth pier, the first girder was hoisted into place on 3 December 1854. [3] The completed structure linking Pontypool Clarence Street railway station in the north via the Bryn Tunnel (398 yards (364 m)) to the viaduct east ...
Cables slung from arches support the deck of the 3,700-foot-long Cedar Viaduct for California’s high-speed rail project spans Highway 99 at the south end of Fresno.
The Thomas Viaduct is a viaduct that spans the Patapsco River and Patapsco Valley between Relay, Maryland and Elkridge, Maryland, USA.It was commissioned by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O); built between July 4, 1833, and July 4, 1835; and named for Philip E. Thomas, the company's first president. [3]
The bridge originally had seven wrought-iron spans and two shorter wooden spans; [3] the longer spans were each [14] 105 feet (32 m) in length. [13] The bridge cost $250,000 to build, [15] and followed a Post truss design. [1] Roughly 1,000 short tons (910 t) of iron and 420,000 board feet (990 m 3) of timber went into its construction. At the ...