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<P mce_keep="true">[quote user="vsmith"] <P>The problem with a catwalk is that it condones the trespassing, and that is the root cause of this tragidy, if they had simply <EM><STRONG>stayed off the bridge</STRONG> </EM>they would still be alive. If this was a double track bridge at one time and now a single track, the other ROW trackage <EM>could</EM> be modified into a bikepath bridge but that would have to be done thru agreememnt with the local community and the railroad, and their are not many examples of this being done as no RR wants the possible liability of a bikepath/ walkway right next to their active tracks.</P> <P>[/quote]</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>It is a double track bridge with one active track, and a second track with the rails removed, but most of the ties are still in place.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There is a gap, however, between the two track decks.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But it does not look like it would be too difficult to jump across the gap.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There is photo showing the double track bridge deck in this link:</FONT></P><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A href="http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/train-kills-3-teen-318663.html"><FONT face=verdana,geneva color=#800080>http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/train-kills-3-teen-318663.html</FONT></A></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2></FONT></SPAN> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2>I expect that there will soon be a lawsuit against the FEC alleging that the bridge was an unsafe, attractive nuisance, and that the FEC was aware of the fact that people routinely walked across the bridge.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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