05-22-2010, 09:51 PM
05-23-2010, 07:39 PM
Looks like the construction Co. forgot to finish the job.
05-23-2010, 07:49 PM
Maybe it was designed that way to let taller ships/boats get through.
dwight77
dwight77
05-31-2010, 04:51 PM
You are exactly right, Dwight!! That "opening" in the superstructure was designed to let single or double mast sailboats through.
05-31-2010, 05:55 PM
the data sheets(L.O.C. HAER WI-29-1) description of this bridge state that it spanned a river and a rail road (bridge or tresstle it don"t state) the cut out was to allow for clearance of trains.if you look close you can see the abutment for the rr behind the left span abutment.
jim
jim
05-31-2010, 08:05 PM
jim currie Wrote:the data sheets(L.O.C. HAER WI-29-1) description of this bridge state that it spanned a river and a rail road (bridge or tresstle it don"t state) the cut out was to allow for clearance of trains.if you look close you can see the abutment for the rr behind the left span abutment.
jim
That makes it much more interesting (as opposed to boats <g>). It's hard to tell from the angle of the photo, but it looks like the railroad took a pretty shallow angle across the river. Given the apparent span, I would have expected to see some evidence of an intermediate pier.
Matt Goodman
05-31-2010, 09:13 PM
Matt here is a photo taken off the abutment seen in the first photo. not a long span but ,qiven that it coulden't have been a high trussed bridge like you,i would think there was another pier that (a) was removed when rr bridge was removed (b) washed out , have no idea what type of rr bridge it was .
jim
jim