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I'm not sure of the question. are you meaning a bridge across a canyon or something more like an elevated transit line in a city? <br /> <br />If you mean a canyon, there's several wooden tresle bridges that work well on either deep, medium or shallow canyons or rivers. <br /> <br />If you mean a wooden elevated cityline, most would be a series of poles, with crossbars between the pairs (left/right of track bed) as well as a few diagnoal supports along the side poles. <br /> <br />Similar to the following for the sides: <br /> <br />/|\|/|\|/ the pairs would be more sturdy with X shaped supports, some may have the sides as X shaped as well for more support. On top of this would be a Beam between the poles (side to side, and right to left) and on these would rest the deck for the track. <br /> <br />Some Elevated would have the poles angle in such a way as to visible show about a 5-10 degree angle in from the base to the deck for added stability. <br /> <br />Wooden structures like this really resemble the Wooden Tresle bridges, in some senses, so you could easily kitbash (or use one as a template) to build the elevation yourself. <br /> <br />Jay
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