This one has quite a bit of history. It spans the Tennessee River between Florence and Sheffield, AL. Trains ran on the top and wagons (later cars) crossed on a lower level. The lower level has been restored and is now a pedestrian bridge after the lift portion was removed in the early 90's. It's a neat but somewhat spooky walk out an back. There is some interesting history in the link below.

http://www.oldrailroadbridge.org/home-sp-300

The lift portion that was removed was relocated to Hannibal Mo and can be seen in use here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dBUMFz_G_w



Jimmy

In reply to the original poster's questions:

1. Plenty of bridges have been moved, most of these are iron trusses or more modern steel bridges.

2. For truss bridges, the logistics and cost depend on size. Generally, you need to:
- lift the bridge from it's existing location,
- if it is large, you need to disassemble it,
- you need to strip off the existing paint due to lead content,
- restore any deteriorated sections,
- reapply paint / epoxy / etc. (this is optional),
- transport the bridge,
- put in footings / abutments
- assemble / install the bridge,
- prepare the approaches to the bridge.

Note: the order of these tasks will change due to circumstances.

2a. The cost will run $1,000 - $2,000 per linear foot if you pay the right professionals to do the job for private use, like a driveway or farm road (less if you can do some or all of it yourself). It will cost 5x this number for public, non-vehicular use and 10x for public
roads with vehicular traffic (I assume railroads can be treated as public roads in this case).

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Art S.

Thank you

The MATA streetcar turntable is ex-SP/H&TC plate girder bridge removed from it's crossing of the TERy in North Dallas near the Jenkins Substation/Walnut Hill Lane.

Is this an example of a turntable that was recycled as a bridge?

It is located on the Genesee and Wyoming, south of Baltic, Ohio.

Bruce E. Babcock


Photographed March 6, 2014

One bridge that no longer survives, but did into the 1980's was the Northern Ohio Traction & Light trestle over the Cuyahoga River gorge, going into Cuyahoga Falls from Akron alongside Front St., beside the also now-gone gorge power plant. After the end of the NOT&L, the trestle became the one-way Northbound lanes of Front St. for nearly 50 more years, while the original Front St. bridge became the one-way Southbound lanes. There is a photo of part of this trestle on page 42 of The NOT&L Story. Both of these bridges were replaced by one wider, lower level bridge about where the original street bridge had been.

You are probably aware of the bridges along the Virginia Creeper Trail. However, I have seen on the satellite images on Google Maps, that there appears to be some bridges still intact on the abandoned portion of the Abingdon Branch (beyond where the Virginia Creeper Trail ends below White Top). Since these bridges appear to be all but inaccessible, I don't know if they can be removed for reuse, unless there are plans to expand the Virginia Creeper Trail. Another item I saw in the satellite imagery on Google Maps is a branch off the N&W Pigeon Creek Branch in West Virginia. The street view option allowed me to see the original bridges remaining on this line, which is now a highway.
lois

Eastern Kentucky Railroad bridge still on its original right of way used as a road bridge. While not a transplanted bridge, still reused for a different purpose as Kentucky Route 773
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... bridge.jpg