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Prototype Bridge Lighting

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Prototype Bridge Lighting
Posted by tgindy on Sunday, September 25, 2011 9:09 PM

Here's a new way to illuminate a railroad bridge beginning September 24, 2011 ...

At (NBC) WJAC-TV:  Johnstown Lighting A BridgeAt Wikipedia:  Stone Bridge (Johnstown, Pennsylvania)At the Tribune-Democrat:  A Real Turn-On for Johnstown...

Stone Bridge is part of the old 4-track Pennsylvania Railroad mainline constructed prior to the 1889 Johnstown Flood, one of the purposes of the bridge-lighting, on what is now the Norfolk Southern 3-track mainline -- Still taking traffic of at least 4 dozen NS trains/day plus 2 Amtrak Pennsylvanian trains/day.

Stone Bridge Project refurbishing over the past year has included new roadbed guardrails, bridge cracks touch-up, re-surfacing the bridge surfaces with an egg-shell off-white epoxy that also reflects the new look of the bridge.

So, another approach to light up a prototype bridge for 1.2 million dollars.  Many times, we can take for granted how much upgrading & maintenance prototype bridges really does cost.

Conemaugh Road & Traction circa 1956

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