Sciotoville Bridge

Sciotoville Bridge

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bridge_name= Sciotoville Bridge


caption= View of Sciotoville Bridge in October 2004 from US 52 near Wheelersburg, Ohio
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carries= CSX rail line
crosses= Ohio River
locale= Limeville, Kentucky, USA and Sciotoville, Ohio
maint= CSX Transportation
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design= continuous truss bridge
mainspan= 775 feet
length= 1,550 feet
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open= 1916
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The Sciotoville Bridge is a steel continuous truss bridge across the Ohio River between Limeville, Kentucky and Sciotodale, Ohio in the United States. Designed by Gustav Lindenthal, the bridge was constructed in 1916 by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway as part of a new route between Ashland, Kentucky and Columbus, Ohio.

The bridge is continuous across two 775-foot long spans [Durkee, Jackson, [http://www.aisc.org/Content/ContentGroups/Documents/NSBA5/20_NSBA_LongestSpans.PDF "World's Longest Bridge Spans"] , National Steel Bridge Alliance, May 24, 1999] , and is considered an engineering marvel. It held the record for longest continuous truss span in the world from its opening until 1945.

Today the bridge is used by CSX Transportation, one of the seven major Class 1 railroads operating in North America.cite web|url=http://www.minford.k12.oh.us/mhs/history/PortsmouthHistory/SciotovilleRRBridge/Jan2004article.htm|title="Colossus on the Ohio"|accessdate=2007-06-23|author=William D. Middletown]

ee also

* List of crossings of the Ohio River
* List of longest continuous truss bridge spans

References

External links

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* [http://www.minford.k12.oh.us/mhs/history/PortsmouthHistory/SciotovilleRRBridge/Jan2004article.htm Colossus on the Ohio]
* [http://www.kentuckyroads.com/images/ohio_river/360-sciotoville-bridge-at-twilight-sciotodale-oh-05-03-02-l.jpg.html/ Image of Sciotoville Bridge]

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structure = Bridges
place = Ohio River
bridge = Sciotoville Bridge
bridge signs = CSX Transportation
upstream = Jesse Stuart Memorial Bridge
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downstream = U.S. Grant Bridge
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