Sciotoville Bridge
Sciotoville Bridge | |
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![]() View of Sciotoville Bridge in March 2007 | |
Coordinates | 38°45′10″N 82°53′09″W / 38.752878°N 82.885773°WCoordinates: 38°45′10″N 82°53′09″W / 38.752878°N 82.885773°W |
Carries | Two tracks of CSX Transportation |
Crosses | Ohio River |
Locale | 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 |
Location | |
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The Sciotoville Bridge is a steel continuous truss bridge carrying railway tracks belonging to CSX Transportation[1] across the Ohio River between Siloam - a junction located north of 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 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[]
- ^ William D. Middletown. "Colossus on the Ohio". Archived from the original on 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2007-06-23.
- ^ Durkee, Jackson, "World's Longest Bridge Spans" Archived 2002-06-01 at the Wayback Machine, National Steel Bridge Alliance, May 24, 1999
- 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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Aerial view of the bridge and surroundings
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Categories:
- Railroad bridges in Ohio
- Railroad bridges in Kentucky
- Bridges over the Ohio River
- Continuous truss bridges in the United States
- Bridges completed in 1916
- Bridges 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
- Steel bridges in the United States