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Goat Canyon Trestle is a wooden trestle in San Diego County, California. [1] At a length of 597–750 feet (182–229 m), it is the world's largest all-wood trestle. [1] [8] [10] [11] Goat Canyon Trestle was built in 1933 as part of the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway, after one of the many tunnels through the Carrizo Gorge collapsed.
CRRNJ Newark Bay Bridge, New Jersey; Benewah Lake Bridge, Idaho; Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel; Dale Creek Crossing; Delta Trestle Bridge, Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad, Delta, Pennsylvania, NRHP-listed [1] Doe Run Trestle, Springfield, Kentucky, NRHP-listed [1] D & RG Narrow Gauge Trestle, Cimarron, Colorado, NRHP-listed [1]
The bridge was a low structure 701 feet (210 m) long. After the railroad was abandoned the trestle became part of the Blue Ox Trail, a recreational trail used by hikers and snowmobilers. More than one-third of it was burned by arson in April 2015. [4] [5] Efforts have been made to raise funds to rebuild the destroyed portion of the bridge. [6]
With a total length of 22.80 miles (36.69 km), [2] [3] it is one of the longest bridges in the world over water, and is the longest bridge on the Interstate Highway System, and some claim it is the longest toll-free road bridge in the world. [4]
A train passing over the trestle in 1991. The Holcomb Creek Trestle, also known as the Dick Road Trestle, is a wooden railroad trestle bridge in Washington County, Oregon, United States, on Dick Road near the unincorporated community of Helvetia. Spanning 1,168 feet (356 m), it is thought to be the longest wooden railroad trestle still in use ...
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Some bridges are measured from the beginning of the entrance ramp to the end of the exit ramp. Some are measured from shoreline to shoreline. Yet others use the length of the total construction involved in building the bridge. Since there is no standard, no ranking of a bridge should be assumed because of its position in the list.
The Chacahoula Swamp Bridge is a twin concrete trestle bridge in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a total length of 29,544 ft (9,005 m), it is one of the longest bridges in the world . The bridge carries US 90 over the Chacahoula Swamp in Louisiana [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The bridge was opened in 1995.