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[quote user="BigDaddy"]I'm assuming they were outlawed at some point. How late were wooden truss bridges still in use?[/quote] As far as I know they weren't outlawed. They just weren't built anymore and the old ones ... The Spokane International/ Union Pacific had a Howe Truss bridge crossing the Kootanai River in Bonners Ferry Idaho: <a href="http://www.moosecreek.ch/bilder/history-prototype-rallroads.html/history-howe-truss-bridge.pic/pic1.jpg">http://www.moosecreek.ch/bilder/history-prototype-rallroads.html/history-howe-truss-bridge.pic/pic1.jpg</a> The bridge collapsed under a ballast train on December 6th 1985. This website has a nice history of the bridge: <a href="http://www.moosecreek.ch/english/history-prototype-railroad.html">http://www.moosecreek.ch/english/history-prototype-railroad.html</a> The website is translated from German to English. Regards, Volker
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