Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Meschio Railway Bridge, crossing the Meschio River between Sacile and Ponte della Muda in Italy; Moscow-Riga Railroad Bridge, crossing the Moscow Canal between Tushino and Shchukino Districts in northwestern Moscow, Russia; New Railway Bridge, crossing the Sava river in Belgrade, Serbia
The Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge stood from 1855 to 1897 across the Niagara River and was the world's first working railway suspension bridge.It spanned 825 feet (251 m) and stood 2.5 miles (4.0 km) downstream of Niagara Falls, where it connected Niagara Falls, Ontario to Niagara Falls, New York.
Barnes Railway Bridge: Barnes, London: 1895: Carries the Hounslow Loop Line over the River Thames: Bassaleg Viaduct: Newport, Wales: 1826: Stone arch: II* Second-oldest operational railway bridge in the world, after the Skerne Bridge. Battersea Railway Bridge a.k.a. Cremorne Bridge: Battersea, London: 185 m (607 ft) 1863: Wrought iron arch
Starrucca Viaduct is a stone arch bridge that spans Starrucca Creek near Lanesboro, Pennsylvania, in the United States.Completed in 1848 at a cost of $320,000 (equal to $11,268,923 today), it was at the time the world's largest stone railway viaduct and was thought to be the most expensive railway bridge as well.
Britannia Bridge Robert Stephenson's famous, formerly 'tubular' railway bridge across the Menai Strait in Wales. Rebuilt as a road and rail bridge after a major fire in 1970. High Level Bridge Newcastle upon Tyne. King George V Bridge, Keadby, North Lincolnshire. Carries the A18 and the Doncaster–Scunthorpe railway across the River Trent.
The Broadmeadow viaduct is a rail bridge carrying the main Dublin to Belfast railway across the estuary of the Broadmeadow River, about 13 kilometres north of Dublin, Ireland. Just north of Malahide village, it is approximately 180 metres (590 ft) long and is a section of a longer crossing constructed as an embankment. [1]
The bridge, which has four stone arches, was designed by Sir George Barclay Bruce as a railway bridge. [3] [1] It formed part of the Alston Line and was completed in March 1851. [2] The railway closed in May 1976 [2] and the bridge was re-opened by the Duke of Gloucester for pedestrian use in July 2006. [4] It is a Grade II listed structure. [3]
The bridge was also listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 3, 1977. [8] [9] In 1990, the National Railway Historical Society placed a historical plaque on the structure noting its size as the world's largest concrete bridge, completing the Summit cut-off project for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.