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In 1928 a bridge was constructed to carry the railway line and road from Tábor into Bechyně. Previously the line had stopped on the other side of a deep gorge from the town and access was by way of a steep road and narrow bridge. The rail line runs in the roadway for 100 m and traffic stopped by lights as for a grade crossing. [23]
A viaduct is a specific type of bridge that consists of a series of arches, piers or columns supporting a long elevated railway or road. Typically a viaduct connects two points of roughly equal elevation, allowing direct overpass across a wide valley, road, river, or other low-lying terrain features and obstacles.
Road and rail may be segregated, so that trains may operate at the same time as road vehicles (e.g. the Sydney Harbour Bridge). With truss bridges, the rail track can be above the roadway or vice versa. Road and rail may share the same carriageway so that road traffic must stop when the trains operate, like a level crossing. Rail may include ...
The Shinnecock Canal Railroad Bridge (also known as the K4 Bridge) is a railroad bridge carrying the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road over the Shinnecock Canal in Hampton Bays and Shinnecock Hills, Suffolk County, New York, United States.
Jizera Railway Bridge, crossing the Jizera River between Kořenov and Tanvald, Czech Republic; Jonava railway bridge, crossing the Neris in Jonava, Lithuania; Kerch railway bridge, crossing the Kerch Strait between Krasnodar Krai, Russia and Crimea; Koblenz Aare railway bridge, crossing the River Aare in Aargau canton, Switzerland
Look in the subcategory Road-rail bridges for bridges that also carry motor vehicles. Subcategories This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.
An overpass, called an overbridge or flyover (for a road only) in the United Kingdom and some other Commonwealth countries, is a bridge, road, railway or similar structure that is over another road or railway. An overpass and underpass together form a grade separation. [1]
Hanjiang Bridge, 5,242 metres (3.257 mi) long cable-stayed bridge carrying the railway over the Hanjiang River. [5] An 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) long viaduct in Hejin. [6] [7] Sanmenxia Bridge, a double-level road-rail bridge over the Yellow River at Sanmenxia. [8] Dongting Lake Bridge, cable-stayed bridge over Dongting Lake. [9]