Sciotoville Bridge
Sciotoville Bridge | |
---|---|
File:SciotovilleBridge.jpg
View of Sciotoville Bridge in March 2007
|
|
Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Carries | Two tracks of CSX Transportation |
Crosses | Ohio River |
Locale | Limeville, Kentucky and Sciotoville, Ohio, USA |
Maintained by | CSX Transportation |
Characteristics | |
Design | continuous truss bridge |
Total length | 1,550 feet |
Longest span | 775 feet |
History | |
Opened | 1916 |
The Sciotoville Bridge is a steel continuous truss bridge carrying tracks of CSX Transportation across the Ohio River between Siloam - a junction located north of Limeville, Kentucky and east of South Shore, Kentucky - and Sciotoville, Ohio in the United States. Designed by Gustav Lindenthal, the bridge was constructed in 1916 by Chesapeake and Ohio Railway subsidiary Chesapeake and Ohio Northern Railway as part of a new route between Ashland, Kentucky and Columbus, Ohio.
The bridge is continuous across two 775-foot-long (236 m) spans,[1] and is considered an engineering marvel. It held the record for longest continuous truss span in the world from its opening until 1945.
Today the bridge is used by CSX Transportation, one of the seven major Class 1 railroads operating in North America.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Durkee, Jackson, "World's Longest Bridge Spans", National Steel Bridge Alliance, May 24, 1999
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- C&O Sciotoville Bridge at Bridges & Tunnels
- Colossus on the Ohio at Minford, Ohio Schools
- Pages with broken file links
- Pages using deprecated coordinates format
- Railroad bridges in Ohio
- Railroad bridges in Kentucky
- Bridges over the Ohio River
- Continuous truss bridges
- Truss bridges in the United States
- Bridges completed in 1916
- Buildings and structures in Greenup County, Kentucky
- Buildings and structures in Scioto County, Ohio
- Transportation in Scioto County, Ohio
- Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
- CSX Transportation bridges
- Portsmouth, Ohio