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Sciotoville Bridge

Bridge in Ohio, USA

38°45′10″N 82°53′09″W / 38.752878°N 82.885773°W / 38.752878; -82.885773CarriesTwo tracks of CSX TransportationCrossesOhio RiverLocaleSiloam Junction, Kentucky and Sciotoville, Ohio, USAMaintained byCSX TransportationCharacteristicsDesigncontinuous truss bridgeTotal length1,550 feet (470 m)Longest span775 feet (236 m)HistoryOpened1916Location Map

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.