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What you need is Faller's kit #120535 -- the Bietschtal Bridge. Its an affordably priced plastic kit available from Walthers and others. Its about 43 inches long, with a steel arch beneath the trackbed, and is intended to span a gorge. Its wide enough for two tracks. That's the only ideal option that I know of. Miami Valley made a number of long span arch bridges, but they have dropped off the face of the earth and are apparently out of business. Overland Model Imports, in the past, made several brass long span bridges but they are very rare and cost thousands. I recently saw one sell on eBay for over $5,000. You could try to kitbash an HO bridge from a larger scale kit. You might have problems though with the lack of detail in the original kit. There is a 47 inch long G scale kit (Large Gauge Bridges #50610) with an above the tracks arch truss that you might be able to kitbash into a 4-track HO bridge. Hornby, a British company, made an HO/OO scale Grand Victorian Suspension Bridge that's 48" long overall, but the central span is only 24". It was cheap and utterly lacking in detail. [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by ARTHILL I need a 38" steel arch bridge in HO. Where do I start? Are there kits to bash? It needs to cross a gorge 28 " deep. [/quote]
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