The Connecticut River at Middletown CT, connecting with Portland CT.
Once apon a time, 120 years ago, it was part of the "Airline Railroad" (NH owned) connecting The New Haven with the New York & New England at Willimantic. This was the Boston to New York route of the "New England Limited" aka "The White Train", aka "The Ghost Train".
Today the tracks on the west bank are freight only connecting with Hartford to the north and New Haven to the south / west. The swing bridge takes local freight traffic across the river to customers in Portland CT. Tracks east of Portland are long gone. The brige is left in the open position for river traffic closing only for the occasional freight move.
Don U. TCA 73-5735
FYI There was a project in the Chicago area to catalog swing bridges. The article I saw some years ago showed all kinds of variations.
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Could you do some research and find that info you have on Chicago Swing bridges, Type and location.
Still a lot of swing bridges in operation. The Army Corp of Engineers has been working with railroads to replace Mississippi river spans with vertical lift bridges. The former CMO-MILW swing span is still in operation just west of St Paul, MN. The ex-CGW swing span east of St Paul is still in operation(UP). The La Crosse Mississippi river swing span(ex-MILW(CP) is still in operation. The CN(ex-IC) span is still at Dubuque, as is the UP(ex-CNW) span at Clinton, IA.
IIRC, the BNSF(ex-ATSF) span is being replaced right now. The La Crosse span is also on the 'list' of future projects.
Jim
Modeling BNSF and Milwaukee Road in SW Wisconsin
I believe the Raritan River Swing bridge in South Amboy is still operational.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=149143
Doc
Amtrak's (former PRR) bridge over the Susquehanna River (connecting HavreDeGrace and Perryville) has a swing span in the middle.
I see the B&O Bear Creek bridge daily, and it hardly makes a sound when it pivots. It's right next to my favorite drink-em-ups.
Operating swing bridges in the Chicago area may be virtually non-existent. There may be one or two in the Joliet area, not sure. There are none over the Calumet River and several spans over the Sanitary and Ship Canal have had their machinery de-activated. The same situation may apply along the North Branch of the Chicago River.
Rice's Point, on the Saint Louis River, between Superior, WI, and Duluth, MN. it remains in operation.
The South Amboy swing bridge?
Yes it's still in operation.
There used to be another one for rt 35 vehicular traffic just upstream, but that one has been replaced by a high bridge.
A link of some more in NJ, along with some Bascule bridges.
http://www.oocities.com/transit383/bridges.html
Never Enough Time / Room / Or Money for the Trains
Not at all uncommon. CSX and Nashville & Western (former Tennessee Central) both have drawbridges in Nashville, Tennessee, crossing the Cumberland River. NS has one crossing the Tennessee River at Decatur, Alabama, with CSX as tenant for the river crossing.
spikejones52002 If you have any photos of swing bridges in Chicago. I would like to see them. All I remember is draw and lift bridges. Earlier they had tunnels under the river near the loop.
If you have any photos of swing bridges in Chicago. I would like to see them. All I remember is draw and lift bridges. Earlier they had tunnels under the river near the loop.
Spike.
Sorry that your request has gone unaswered for so long. I just saw it today.
Here is a link to some great old photos of swing bridges in Chicago.
Rich
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/300041.html
Alton Junction
There is a huge swing bridge in Newcastle upon Tyne in the north of england.
Its bloody huge:
trains o scale
fifedog Amtrak's (former PRR) bridge over the Susquehanna River (connecting HavreDeGrace and Perryville) has a swing span in the middle. I see the B&O Bear Creek bridge daily, and it hardly makes a sound when it pivots. It's right next to my favorite drink-em-ups.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
There are a few swing bridges left on the old SP&S "A-line" between Portland and Astoria, Oregon. They are toward the Astoria end.
Here are some links to photos of some of those bridges on Brian McCamish's "Active and Abandoned Railroads of the Pacific Northwest" site:
Bridge over the Clastskanie
Handpowered operation on the bridge over the Clatskanie
Link to the Portland and Western page (scroll down to Astoria Branch for more information)
Adam
Thank You for the information.
Now I know why I did not see them riding the green hornet and red rocket street cars and then buses.