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  2. Deck (bridge) - Wikipedia

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    An open-deck railway bridge in Leflore County, Mississippi. A railway bridge with its track and ties supported on load carrying elements of the superstructure (floor beams, stringers or girders) is called an open deck. When the track rests upon ballast, which is then carried by the superstructure of the bridge, it is called a ballasted deck.

  3. Chenab Rail Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The Chenab Rail Bridge is a steel and concrete arch bridge carrying a single ... Key technical data of the bridge include: [13] Deck height: above river bed - 359 m ...

  4. Plate girder bridge - Wikipedia

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    In the deck-type bridge, a wood, steel or reinforced concrete bridge deck is supported on top of two or more plate girders, and may act compositely with them. In the case of railroad bridges, the railroad ties themselves may form the bridge deck, or the deck may support ballast on which the track is laid.

  5. Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge, listed as the Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge on the National Register of Historic Places, is a double-deck steel truss railroad bridge spanning the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The upper deck carries the Fort Wayne Line with two tracks of Norfolk Southern and Amtrak traffic. The lower deck is unused.

  6. Kinzie Street railroad bridge - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago and North Western Railway's Kinzie Street railroad bridge (also known as the Carroll Avenue bridge or the Chicago and North Western Railroad Bridge) is a single leaf bascule bridge across the north branch of the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, Illinois. At the time of its opening in 1908 it was the world's longest and heaviest ...

  7. List of road–rail bridges - Wikipedia

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    Lake Street Bridgerail on upper deck (CTA Green & Pink Line) road on lower deck, bascule bridge. McKinley Bridgerail removed in 1978. Wells Street Bridgerail on upper deck (CTA Brown & Purple Line Express), road on lower deck, bascule bridge. Iowa – Illinois. Fort Madison Toll Bridgerail on lower deck, road on upper deck

  8. Rock Island Railroad Bridge (Columbia River) - Wikipedia

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    The bridge was originally built in 1892 for the Great Northern Railway. Bridging the Columbia River was an important component in completing Great Northern's transcontinental link the following year. The site was chosen at Rock Island, Washington for being the shortest distance between the banks of the Columbia River in Washington state. In ...

  9. List of bridges in India - Wikipedia

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    The Chenab Bridge was the highest arch bridge in the world when opening in 2022 with a deck 322 m (1,056 ft) above the Chenab River, it's still the highest railway bridge on earth nowadays. [ 41 ] [ 42 ]