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Rene' <br /> <br />The compromise structure (the one that brings all your ideas together) would include a wooden trestle approach on both ends of a deck truss made from wood. Many structures of this type were built when the UP and CP were building the first transcontinental railroad. One small problem is that the deck truss span almost has to be straight. You can curve the trestle approaches on either end to make the bend. The deck truss should be 150 or so scale feet and will need reinforced pilings (more substantial than regular trestle bents) at either end. What era are you modeling? - Ed
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