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Wondering, 2 track "N" truss for 2 Lane HO hiway bridge ??

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Wondering, 2 track "N" truss for 2 Lane HO hiway bridge ??
Posted by jwar on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 1:34 AM
Has anyone modified a N scale two track truss to use as an HO two lane highway bridge. What is the inside height of an N scale bridge. John
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Posted by tomikawaTT on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 9:23 AM

If you are going to use a through truss to support a highway, you would be better off using an HO scale bridge.  Road lanes are at least as wide as normal-clearance rail lines, and highway clearances are intended to be 16 feet or better in any post-Eisenhower construction.  The N-scale bridge, if used as a through truss, would be a light-load 12 foot clearance one-laner suitable for a county road in a county too strapped for cash to replace it.  Don't forget the yellow "low clearance" and load limit signs on the approaches.

OTOH, if under-bridge clearances allow, that N-scale truss could be inverted, wider cross-beams installed on top of it and a two lane deck could go in on top of that.  However, the structural members of the N-scale bridge would be awfully light for that kind of loading.

Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964) 

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