An interesting combination road rail bridge built to service coal mines in the Red Deer River Valley, in Alberta Canada.
Full report here....
http://www.bigdoer.com/811/exploring-history/east-coulee-roadrail-bridge/
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Excellent photos.
From a Station Agent's kid at Irricana on the Langdon Sub. to East Coulee.
Bruce
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
"A Train is a Place Going Somewhere" CP Rail Public Timetable
"O. S. Irricana"
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Been across this bridge/trestle many times, Built in 1936, damaged by ice and intentional blast in 1948 and rebuilt, line was used by CNR for 6 months a year and CPR for the other six, hauling coal.
Bridge should be restored as a priority.
From the linked article:
"I have not been able to find exactly when the bridge was built but I was told anywhere from the 1930s to 1948. I could not find a date stamp in the concrete – bridge builders often include one – but none was found by this author. Regardless of the exact year within that time span, the use of wood construction seems odd. At this later date one would assume steel would be used. The design certainly makes it look much older than it is."
About 60 miles East-NorthEast from Calgary, at about these Lat./ Long. coordinates (per ACME Mapper 2.0): N 51 20' 0" W 112 29' 14" - the road across the river is a combination of Rts. 10 and 569, which split about 0.4 mile just to the east.
Thanks for sharing !
- Paul North.
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