Sciotoville Bridge

Sciotoville Bridge
Sciotoville Bridge
	View of Sciotoville Bridge in March 2007
Coordinates	38°45′10″N 82°53′09″W / 38.752878°N 82.885773°W
Carries	Two tracks of CSX Transportation
Crosses	Ohio River
Locale	Siloam Junction, Kentucky and Sciotoville, Ohio, USA
Maintained by	CSX Transportation
Characteristics
Design	continuous truss bridge
Total length	1,550 feet (470 m)
Longest span	775 feet (236 m)
History
Opened	1916
Location

The Sciotoville Bridge is a steel continuous truss bridge carrying CSX Transportation railroad tracks^[1] across the Ohio River between Siloam - a junction located north of Limeville, Kentucky 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 Chesapeake and Ohio Northern Railway 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.

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

[Colissu-1] William D. Middletown. "Colossus on the Ohio". Archived from the original on 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2007-06-23.

[2] Durkee, Jackson, "World's Longest Bridge Spans" Archived 2002-06-01 at the Wayback Machine, National Steel Bridge Alliance, May 24, 1999

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v t e Kentucky railroad history
Companies	Frankfort and Cincinnati Railroad Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Individuals	Basil W. Duke
Museums	Big South Fork Scenic Railway Bluegrass Railroad and Museum Elkhorn City Railroad Museum Historic Railpark and Train Museum Kentucky Railway Museum Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati
Stations	Ashland Coal and Iron Railroad Office Ashland Coal and Iron Railroad Store Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Passenger and Baggage Depots Henderson, Louisville and Nashville Railroad Depot Hopkinsville L & N Railroad Depot Illinois Central Railroad Station and Freight Depot Louisville and Nashville Railroad Depot Louisville and Nashville Railroad Passenger Depot Louisville, Henderson, and St. Louis Railroad Depot Old L & N Station Paris Railroad Depot Shelbyville L & N Railroad Depot Stanford L&N Railroad Depot Union Station (Louisville) Union Station (Owensboro)
Vehicles	Frankfort and Cincinnati Model 55 Rail Car L & N Steam Locomotive No. 152 Louisville and Nashville Combine Car Number 665 Mt. Broderick Pullman Car
Bridges	Barren River L & N Railroad Bridge Big Four Bridge Cairo Rail Bridge C&O Railroad Bridge Cincinnati Southern Bridge Fourteenth Street Bridge (Ohio River) Henderson Bridge (Ohio River) High Bridge of Kentucky Kentucky & Indiana Terminal Bridge Metropolis Bridge Newport Southbank Bridge Sciotoville Bridge Young's High Bridge
Other	Cincinnati Southern Railroad Culvert--CSRR Lexington Extension of the Louisville Southern Railroad Louisville and Nashville Railroad Office Building Mitchellsburg Louisville and Nashville Railroad Culvert Russell Railroad YMCA Tank Pond Railroad Underpass

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