Sciotoville Bridge
Bridge in Ohio, USA
38°45′10″N 82°53′09″W / 38.752878°N 82.885773°W / 38.752878; -82.885773The Sciotoville Bridge is a steel continuous truss bridge carrying CSX Transportation railroad tracks[1] 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,[2] and is considered an engineering marvel. It held the record for longest continuous truss span in the world from its opening until 1945.
See also
References
- Cook, Richard J. (1987). The Beauty of Railroad Bridges in North America -- Then and Now. San Marino, California (USA): Golden West Books. ISBN 0-87095-097-5.
External links
- C&O Sciotoville Bridge at Bridges & Tunnels
- Colossus on the Ohio at Minford, Ohio Schools
- True story involving the Sciotoville Bridge Dipping Ice Cream
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- Cincinnati Southern Railroad Culvert--CSRR
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- Louisville and Nashville Railroad Office Building
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- Russell Railroad YMCA
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