List of the largest trestle bridges

About 40 of the longest trestle bridges are (500-1600 m) and were railway bridges in North America , of which originated most of the early 20th century. In addition, the design was used for long access roads from high truss bridges from this time, including over the lower reaches of the Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio or Hudson (500–3300 m).

The list of the largest trestle bridges includes the world's largest trestle bridges (scaffolding pier viaducts), with structures that are no longer in existence or that have been replaced (table rows with a dark gray background). They were mainly built in the United States and Canada at the time of the expanding railroad companies in North America from the late 19th century . Construction material was initially only wood. With the increase in the weight of the increasingly powerful steam locomotives , wrought iron and steel were also used later . Eventually, with the development of the steel industry, large trestle bridges were built using only steel. With this transition, the design of trestle bridges also changed. The wooden structures were mostly constructed from an even sequence of interconnected, scaffold-like supports (trestles) and the iron and steel structures mostly from a sequence of separate scaffold pillars or lattice masts . In addition to simple wooden beams , wooden structures u. a. for the superstructure also by William Howe named Howe truss used in which the loaded train to vertical since the 1840s pursuit iron bars already been used. In the case of metal structures, the superstructure usually consists of a sequence of parallel- chorded lattice girders or solid wall girders , whereby the length of the individual girders between the pillars ( span ) is usually greater than the length of the girders on the pillars (in the following schematic illustration however, the spans are shown the same size).

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  Execution of wooden structures with a connected substructure

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  Execution of steel structures with separate scaffolding pillars

Trestle bridges were used for large railway bridges until the late 1930s, but were eventually replaced by other supporting structures ; the last large steel trestle bridges were built in the 1960s in the province of Alberta in Canada ( Meikle River Trestle 1963 and Wapiti River Trestle 1969). Alberta is home to the Lethbridge Viaduct from 1907, the largest trestle bridge in the world, with a length of over 1.6 kilometers and a height of almost 100 meters. The highest trestle bridge for rail traffic was the Viaducto del Loa (103 m) built in Chile in 1888 and the Thomas Creek Bridge from 1961 in the US state of Oregon is the highest road bridge of this type at 105 meters (the list can be found in Sort table header accordingly, sorting according to the length of the structures is preset.

In addition to trestle bridges as independent structures, the design was also used for approach bridges of high truss bridges and the like. a. used over the lower reaches of the Mississippi River , Missouri River , Ohio River or Hudson River , which here mostly span the extensive floodplains of the rivers (second table). The three-kilometer east access to the Huey P. Long Bridge (1935) in Jefferson Parish in Louisiana is the largest construction with a final height of almost 50 meters. The largest trestle bridge in Germany is the almost 1.3 kilometer long north access to the 68 meter high Rendsburg high bridge (1913) in Schleswig-Holstein .

criteria

Since the transitions from the mostly low yoke bridge to the trestle bridge and from the latter to other supporting structures with large spans are partly fluid and there is no clear definition for delimitation in the literature, the tables were based on the following criteria:

Trestle bridges as independent structures

The structures have a total length of at least 200 meters and a height of at least 20 meters (track or street level). They are mostly designed as trestle bridges, but deviating from this, they can have one or more longer girders with a span of about 100 meters , which are usually designed as lattice girders; lengths of up to 300  ft (91  m ) for railway bridges and up to 371 ft (113 m) for road bridges were realized. Furthermore, in the case of bridges with separate scaffolding piers or lattice masts, individual girders or parts of a girder must clearly span them (however, individual piers of other types can occur); Bridges are demarcated here with scaffold pillars that taper upwards on all sides, on which only the ends of the respective girders meet or which carry longer multi -span girders (examples here are the main bridge of the Poughkeepsie Bridge , the Viaduc de Busseau or the Malleco Viaduct ).

Trestle bridges as part of other bridge types

In addition to the above-mentioned execution criteria, at least one driveway to the main bridge must have a length of at least 200 meters and a final height of at least 20 meters (track or street level).

Trestle bridges as independent structures

Overview of the original use and the current Status of the listed bridges
(as of August 2020)

use	status	number
Railway (157)	active	80
	Cycle path	11
	shut down	15th
	tore off	34
	backfilled / replaced	17th
Street (14)	active	05
	footbridge	01
	replaced	08th
Aqueduct (2)	active	00
	tore off	02

Due to the large number of trestle bridges that have been erected, the list cannot claim to be complete, although the good documentation of the particularly long and tall structures means that the list is almost completely complete. In the case of shorter bridges, only those were included for which at least the length, height and time of construction could be determined from literature or trustworthy internet sources; continuous completion is sought.

• Name: Name of the bridge according to the lemma in the German Wikipedia .
• bridged: Name of the river or valley or canyon that the bridge spans. If the valley does not have a name, it is marked with N / A ( not available ).
• Length: total length of the bridge between the abutments . If the exact length is not given in the sources, it is marked as approximate with approx. (Partly determined with the distance measurement on Google Maps ).
• Span: Longest span between the load-bearing elements such as abutments or bridge piers. In the case of wooden trestle bridges with a continuous construction, this information does not make sense and is marked with N / A (not applicable).
• Height: Height of the bridge, i. d. Usually the height of the track or street level above the lowest point of the valley or above the water surface.
• Material: material of the load-bearing structural elements of the bridge. In the case of combinations of several materials, an addition is given in square brackets (material from previous or subsequent buildings in round brackets).
• Completion: year of completion of the bridge. Planning and construction can start several years earlier. In the case of conversions or extensions as well as later new buildings, the year of the original construction or the new building is given in brackets (the sorting is done here according to the first trestle bridge).
• Decommissioning / demolition: year the bridge was decommissioned. If the construction was later torn down or filled in and therefore no longer exists, this year is indicated and the line is highlighted in dark gray.
• Use / status: (Original) use as a railway bridge , road bridge (partly as a combination of both traffic routes) or aqueduct or drainage channel ( flume ). If former railway or road bridges have been converted for the use of cycle paths or footpaths, this is also indicated in brackets
• Location: Closest city or region where the bridge was constructed, including state or state.
• Coord .: Coordinates of the bridge
• Country: The corresponding country in ISO-3166-ALPHA-3 code.

The information on bridges that do not yet have an article in the German-language Wikipedia is referenced by the individual records listed under Name .

 Map with all coordinates of the section Tab . 1 : OSM

photo	Surname	bridged	Length in m	Span in m	Height in m	material	completion position	Shutdown / demolition	Usage / status	place	Coord.	country
	Lethbridge Viaduct	Oldman River	1624	51	096	steel	1907	-	railroad	Lethbridge , Alberta		CAN
	Rivers Trestle	Little Saskatchewan River	approx. 1600 (195)	N / A	028	Wood (steel)	1908	1924 (1970)	Railway (filled and replaced)	Rivers , Manitoba		CAN
	Redding Trestle	Sacramento River	1326	?	034	steel	1939	-	railroad	Redding , California		United States
	Duhamel Trestle	Battle River	1211	N / A	037	Wood	1910	1924	Railway (demolished)	Camrose , Alberta		CAN
	Joso Bridge	Snake River	1195	75	059	steel	1912	-	railroad	Starbuck , Washington		United States
	Salmon River Trestle	Little Salmon River	1195	31	059	steel	1910	-	railroad	New Denmark , New Brunswick		CAN
	Hi-Line Railroad Bridge	Sheyenne River	1184	31	047	steel	1908	-	railroad	Valley City , North Dakota		United States
	Tracel de Cap-Rouge	Rivière du Cap Rouge	1016	48	053	steel	1908	-	railroad	Ville de Québec , Québec		CAN
	Moodna Viaduct	Moodna Creek	975	24	055	steel	1909	-	railroad	Orange County , New York		United States
	Genesee River Viaduct	Genesee River	951	?	043	steel	1910	1981	Railway (demolished)	Allegany County , New York		United States
	Spokane High Bridge	Latah Creek Spokane River	915	32	055	steel	1914	1978	Railway (demolished)	Spokane , Washington		United States
	Central Viaduct	Cuyahoga River	865	72	031	Iron Steel	1888	1943 (1959)	Street (replaced)	Cleveland , Ohio		United States
	Fabyan Trestle Bridge	Battle River	846	?	059	steel	1908	-	railroad	Wainwright , Alberta		CAN
	Smith Avenue High Bridge	Mississippi River	844	76	> 40	iron	1889	1985	Street (replaced)	Saint Paul , Minnesota		United States
	Sheyenne River Bridge	Sheyenne River	834	21st	055	steel	1912	-	railroad	Griggs County , North Dakota		United States
	Boone Viaduct	Des Moines River	818	91	056	steel	1901	2009	Railway (closed)	Boone , Iowa		United States
	Teton River Trestle	Teton River	792	16	040	(Wood) steel	(1902) 1913	-	railroad	Teton County , Montana		United States
	Wapiti River Trestle	Wapiti River	approx. 745	?	058	steel	1969	-	railroad	Grande Prairie , Alberta		CAN
	High bridge	Appomattox River	737	27	033	(Wood, iron) steel	(1854, 1886) 1914	2005	Railway (cycle path)	Prince Edward County , Virginia		United States
	Rochfort Trestle Bridge	Paddle river	736	?	034	Wood [partly Steel]	1914	2016	Railway (replaced)	Mayerthorpe , Alberta		CAN
	Madrid High Bridge	Des Moines River	729	48	044	steel	(1888) 1913	1973	Railway (replaced)	Madrid , Iowa		United States
	Tulip Viaduct	Richland Creek	700	23	048	steel	1906	-	railroad	Solsberry , Indiana		United States
	Goteik Viaduct	Gotwin Bach	689	37	102	steel	1900	-	railroad	Nawnghkio , Shan State		MMR
	Pass Lake Trestle	Iris River Pass Lake Road	approx. 685	?	040	steel	1916	2004	Railway (closed)	Thunder Bay District , Ontario		CAN
	Pine Creek Trestle	Pine Creek Valley	671	N / A	028	Wood	1908	1922	Railway (backfilled)	Firdale , Manitoba		CAN
	Pecos Viaduct	Pecos River	665	56	098	iron	1892	1949	Railway (replaced)	Val Verde County , Texas		United States
	Meikle River Trestle	Meikle River	approx. 650	?	049	steel	1963	-	railroad	County Of Northern Lights , Alberta		CAN
	Mintlaw Viaduct	Red Deer River	644	46	034	steel	1912	1983	Railway (closed)	Red Deer County , Alberta		CAN
	Wells Street Viaduct	Menomonee River	636	?	027	steel	1892	1958	Railway (demolished)	Milwaukee , Wisconsin		United States
	Kinzua Bridge	Kinzua Creek	625	?	092	(Iron) steel	(1882) 1900	2003	Railway (partly collapsed)	McKean County , Pennsylvania		United States
	Cuyahoga River Viaduct	Cuyahoga River	605	?	050	steel	1908	-	railroad	Brooklyn Heights , Ohio		United States
	Judith River Trestle	Judith River	596	21st	041	steel	1914	-	railroad	Fergus County , Montana		United States
	Rush Creek Viaduct	Rush Creek	586	?	047	steel	1910	1981	Railway (demolished)	Allegany County , New York		United States
	Salisbury Viaduct	Casselman River	582	28	031	steel	1912	1998	Railway (cycle path)	Somerset County , Pennsylvania		United States
	Monarch Trestle	Oldman River	576	?	046	steel	1909	-	railroad	Monarch , Alberta		CAN
	James River Trestle	James River	567	?	046	steel	1911	-	railroad	Lynchburg , Virginia		United States
	Minneapolis Western Bridge	Mississippi River	558	48	025th	iron	1891	1952	Railway (demolished)	Minneapolis , Minnesota		United States
	Gassman Coulee Trestle	Gassman Coulee	546	?	036	(Wood) steel	(1887) 1899	-	railroad	Minot , North Dakota		United States
	Mingo Creek Trestle	Mingo Creek	546	?	061	steel	1929	-	railroad	Washington County , Pennsylvania		United States
	Muir Trestle	Alhambra Valley	518	30th	023	steel	1900	-	railroad	Martinez , California		United States
	Sage Creek Trestle	Sage Creek	518	21st	048	steel	1914	-	railroad	Fergus County , Montana		United States
	Parry Sound CPR Trestle	Seguin River	517	50	037	steel	1908	-	railroad	Parry Sound , Ontario		CAN
	Jenkins Ford High Bridge	Vermilion River	488	61	041	steel	1906	1987	Railway (demolished)	Vermilion County , Illinois		United States
	Black River Trestle	Black River	488	30th	032	steel	1912	-	railroad	Douglas County , Wisconsin		United States
	Cow Creek Trestle	Cow Creek	488	?	046	steel	1909	1987	Railway (cycle path)	Adams County , Washington		United States
	Safe Harbor Bridge	Conestoga River	475	91	030th	steel	1906	1988	Railway (closed)	Safe Harbor , Pennsylvania		United States
	Montreal River Trestle	Montreal River	472	26th	040	steel	1911	-	railroad	Algoma District , Ontario		CAN
	Lawyers Canyon Viaduct	Lawyer Creek	463	?	085	steel	1908	2000	Railway (closed)	Lewis County , Idaho		United States
	Beaver River Trestle Bridge	Beaver River	453	?	059	Wood [partly Steel]	1931	1999	Railway (cycle path)	Cold Lake , Alberta		CAN
	Elk Creek Viaduct	Elk Creek	448	24	061	(Iron) steel	(1882) 1902	-	railroad	Lake City , Pennsylvania		United States
	Brandywine Valley Viaduct	East Branch Brandywine Creek	442	61	> 30	steel	1904	1989	Railway (closed)	Downingtown , Pennsylvania		United States
	Shelbyville Bridge	Kaskaskia River	427	38	> 20	steel	1896	-	railroad	Shelbyville , Illinois		United States
	West Okaw River Viaduct	West Okaw River	427	30th	022nd	iron	1892	1908	Railway (replaced)	Moultrie County , Illinois		United States
	Spring Creek Trestle	Big Spring Creek	424	?	026th	Wood [partly Steel]	1912	1980s	Railway (closed)	Fergus County , Montana		United States
	Broad River Bridge	Broad River	415	61	044	steel	1908	-	railroad	Rutherford County , North Carolina		United States
	Valentine High Bridge	Niobrara River	402	?	043	steel	1910	1992	Railway (cycle path)	Cherry County , Nebraska		United States
	New River Viaduct	New River	399	approx. 60	040	(Iron) steel	(1879, 1893) 1908	1963	Railway (partly demolished)	Scott County , Tennessee		United States
	Indian Creek Trestle	Indian Creek	397	21st	046	steel	1914	-	railroad	Fergus County , Montana		United States
	Tinkers Creek Viaduct	Tinkers Creek	396	24	049	steel	1911	1973	Railway (demolished)	Walton Hills , Ohio		United States
	Sweetwater Trestle	Sweetwater River	385	N / A	025th	Wood	1888	1930s	Flume (demolished)	El Cajon , California	(?)	United States
	Eastview Trestle	Valley of what is now Tarrytown Reservoir	384	N / A	026th	Wood	1880	1883	Railway (demolished)	Tarrytown , New York		United States
	Maribyrnong River Viaduct	Maribyrnong River	383	?	055	steel	1929	-	railroad	Melbourne , Victoria		OUT
	Box Canyon Trestle	Box Canyon	379	23	069	steel	1909	1987	Railway (cycle path)	Franklin County , Washington		United States
	Brushy Creek Viaduct	Brushy Creek	375	23	057	steel	1907	1996	Railway (demolished)	Marion County , Alabama		United States
	Melton Viaduct	Melton Reservoir	375	?	038	iron	1886	-	railroad	Melton , Victoria		OUT
	Cut bank trestle	Cut Bank Creek	366	?	055	(Wood) steel	(1890) 1900	-	railroad	Glacier County , Montana		United States
	Pont de la Rivière du Milieu	Rivière du Milieu	365	69	053	steel	1913	-	railroad	Mékinac , Québec		CAN
	Deep Creek Bridge	Hawks Creek	364	?	> 87	steel	1920	-	railroad	Cariboo Regional District , British Columbia		CAN
	Holcomb Creek Trestle	Holcomb Creek	356	N / A	027	Wood	1905	-	railroad	Helvetia , Oregon		United States
	Half Mile Bridge	Don River	351	?	023	steel	1888	1928	Railway (replaced)	Toronto , Ontario		CAN
	Compton Trestle	Dry run	351	?	> 25	steel	1918	-	railroad	Compton , Virginia		United States
	Credit Valley Railway Trestle	Credit River (Erin Branch)	349	N / A	026th	Wood	1879	1900	Railway (filled and replaced)	Caledon , Ontario		CAN
	Baird Creek Trestle	Baird Creek	344	N / A	072	Wood	1940	1961	Railway (demolished)	Longview , Washington	(?)	United States
	Green River Trestle	Green River	341	?	050	steel	1914	-	railroad	Lester , Washington		United States
	Running Water Trestle (1914)	Running Water Creek	340	?	035	steel	1914	-	railroad	Marion County , Tennessee		United States
	Lyman Viaduct	Dickinson Creek	339	N / A	042	iron	1873	1913	Railway (backfilled)	Colchester , Connecticut		United States
	Secret Town Trestle	N / A	335	N / A	029	Wood	1865	1877	Railway (backfilled)	Placer County , California		United States
	Copper Creek Viaduct	Copper Creek	333	21st	051	steel	1908	-	railroad	Scott County , Virginia		United States
	Abbey Avenue Viaduct	Walworth Valley	333	37	023	Iron Steel	1888	1986	Street (replaced)	Cleveland , Ohio		United States
	Morris Ravine Trestle	Morris Ravine	332	N / A	024	Wood	1880s	1890s	Flume (demolished)	Butte County , California		United States
	Mountain Creek Bridge	Mountain Creek	331	45	050	Wood	1885	1902	Railway (replaced)	Golden , British Columbia		CAN
	Hagerman Trestle	Busk Creek	330	N / A	026th	Wood	1887	circa 1900	Railway (demolished)	Lake County , Colorado		United States
	Laughery Creek Viaduct	Laughery Creek	329	27	034	steel	1901	-	railroad	Ripley County , Indiana		United States
	French Creek Trestle	French Creek	324	23	023	Wood [partly Steel]	1913	-	railroad	Parksville , British Columbia		CAN
	Moonee Ponds Creek Viaduct	Moonee Ponds Creek	323	?	035	steel	1929	-	railroad	Melbourne , Victoria		OUT
	Possum Creek Trestle	Opossum Creek	322	20th	> 25	iron	1908	-	railroad	Lynchburg , Virginia		United States
	Willow Canyon Trestle	Willow Creek	320	30th	084	steel	1911	-	railroad	Madras , Oregon		United States
	CPR Carmangay Trestle	Little Bow River	approx. 315	?	042	(Wood) steel	(1911) 1928	-	railroad	Carmangay , Alberta		CAN
	Burr Canyon Trestle	Burr Canyon	approx. 315	?	> 60	steel	1909	1987	Railway (cycle path)	Franklin County , Washington		United States
	Amarube Viaduct	Hasegawa	311	18th	041	steel	1912	2010	Railway (replaced)	Kami , Hyogo Prefecture		JPN
	Jembatan Cikacepit	?	310	?	038	steel	1916	1982	Railway (closed)	Kabupaten Pangandaran , Jawa Barat		IDN
	Manitowoc High Trestle	Manitowoc River	308	18th	024	steel	1906	-	railroad	Manitowoc , Wisconsin		United States
	Maulua Stream Viaduct	Maulua Stream	307	?	058	steel	1913	1946	Railway (demolished)	Hawaii County , Hawaii		United States
	Clio Trestle	Willow Creek	306	?	061	steel	1909	-	railroad	Plumas County , California		United States
	Belah Viaduct	River Belah	305	18th	059	iron	1860	1963	Railway (demolished)	Cumbria , England		GBR
	Tracel de Sainte-Ursule	Rivière Maskinongé	305	18th	051	steel	1901	-	railroad	Sainte-Ursule , Quebec		CAN
	Mahoning Creek Trestle	Mahoning Creek	305	37	> 45	iron	1899	-	railroad	Indiana County , Pennsylvania		United States
	Jug Handle Creek Trestle	Jug Handle Creek	305	N / A	043	Wood	(1883) 1906	1945	Railway (demolished)	Mendocino County , California		United States
	Red Sucker Trestle	Red Sucker Cove	305	N / A	032	Wood	1884	1903	Railway (backfilled)	Marathon , Ontario		CAN
	Elkton Bridge	Elk Run	304	?	032	iron	1888	1943	Railway (demolished)	Columbiana County , Ohio		United States
	Sandy River Trestle	Sandy River	> 300	?	021st	Wood [partly Steel]	1911 [1921]	1932	Railway (demolished)	Clackamas County , Oregon		United States
	Ferndale Trestle	Mongaup River	299	25th	027	(Iron) steel	(1883) 1901	after 1957	Railway (demolished)	Sullivan County , New York		United States
	Wilburton Trestle	Mercer Slough	297	?	031	Wood [partly Steel]	1904	2008	Railway (closed)	Bellevue , Washington		United States
	Tekoa Trestle	Hangman Creek	297	?	035	steel	1909	1980s	Railway (closed)	Tekoa , Washington		United States
	Albion River Bridge	Albion River	295	40	> 50	Wood [partly Steel]	1944	-	Street CA 1	Albion , California		United States
	Gardner River Bridge	Gardner River	293	56	061	steel	1939	-	Street Grand Loop Road	Park County , Wyoming		United States
	Horse Run Viaduct	Deverill Street	293	23	028	(Iron) steel	(1876) 1905	-	railroad	Ludlow , Kentucky		United States
	Eldora Viaduct	Iowa River	293	?	021st	steel	1913	1984	Street (replaced)	Eldora , Iowa		United States
	Thomas Creek Bridge	Thomas Creek	291	113	105	steel	1961	-	Road US 101	Curry County , Oregon		United States
	Muddy Creek Trestle	Muddy Creek	291	16	030th	(Wood) steel	(1902) 1913	-	railroad	Teton County , Montana		United States
	Stenner Creek Trestle	Stenner Creek	290	?	026th	steel	1894	-	railroad	San Luis Obispo County , California		United States
	Shuffle Creek Bridge	Shuffle Creek, Lake Lemon	approx. 285	18th	048	steel	1906	-	railroad	Monroe County , Indiana		United States
	Lake James Bridge	Catawba River	280	46	045	steel	1907	-	railroad	McDowell County , North Carolina		United States
	46th Street Bridge	Ashtabula River	279	43	031	steel	1896	1981	Street (replaced)	Ashtabula , Ohio		United States
	Entwistle Bridge	Pembina River	277	?	065	steel	1910	-	railroad	Parkland County , Alberta		CAN
	Mohaka Viaduct	Mohaka River	277	30th	095	steel	1937	-	railroad	Hawke's Bay		NZL
	Saluda River Trestle	Saluda River	274	18th	034	steel	1917	-	railroad	Greenville , South Carolina		United States
	63rd Street Trestle	East 63rd Street Trafficway	267	23	037	steel	1928	-	railroad	Kansas City (Missouri) , Missouri		United States
	Paoli Viaduct	N / A	265	18th	027	(Wood) steel	(1886) 1904	1982	Railway (demolished)	Paoli , Indiana		United States
	Makatote Viaduct	Makatote River	262	31	079	steel	1908	-	railroad	Manawatu-Wanganui		NZL
	Pont de Rennes	Genesee River	262	?	> 27	steel	1891	1977	Street (pedestrian bridge)	Rochester , New York		United States
	Viaducto del Toro	Río Rosario	approx. 260	20th	024	steel	1922	-	railroad	Campo Quijano , Salta Province		ARG
	Brooktondale Trestle	Six Mile Creek	(488) 259	?	027	(Wood) iron	(1875) 1889	1936	Railway (demolished)	Tompkins County , New York		United States
	Cedar River Trestle	Cedar River	257	N / A	062	Wood	1925	1940s	Railway (demolished)	Selleck , Washington		United States
	Quartz Creek Bridge	North Fork Quartz Creek	255	32	> 35	steel	1939	-	Street US 26	Clatsop County , Oregon		United States
	West Don High Bridge	West Don River	250	?	030th	iron	1884 (1st track) 1914 (2nd track)	-	railroad	Toronto , Ontario		CAN
	Lyon Brook Bridge	Lyon Brook	250	24	047	(Iron) steel	(1869) 1894	1966	Railway (demolished)	Chenango County , New York		United States
	Ashtabula Viaduct	Ashtabula River	250	24	028	(Iron) steel	(1882) 1904	-	railroad	Ashtabula , Ohio		United States
	Bellevue Valley Trestle	Bellevue Valley	(460) 247	?	031	(Wood) steel	(1906) 1915	-	railroad	Algoma District , Ontario		CAN
	Gaviota Trestle	Gaviota Creek	247	18th	024	steel	1900	-	railroad	Santa Barbara County , California		United States
	Bear River Bridge (1908)	Bear River	247	?	058	steel	1908	1963	Railway (demolished)	Nevada County , California		United States
	Portageville Viaduct	Genesee River	244	36	071	(Wood) iron	(1852) 1875	2018	Railway (replaced)	Letchworth State Park , New York		United States
	Viaducto del Loa	Río Loa	244	24	103	steel	1888	1914	Railway (closed)	Antofagasta region		CHI
	Marent Gulch Trestle	Marent Gulch	243	36	069	(Wood, iron) steel	(1883, 1885) 1927	-	railroad	Missoula County , Montana		United States
	Staithes Viaduct	Staithes Beck	241	18th	046	iron	1883	1960	Railway (demolished)	Staithes , England		GBR
	Tracel de la Rivière Boucanée	Rivière Boucanée	240	46	039	steel	1913	-	railroad	Pohénégamook , Québec		CAN
	Running Water Trestle (1869)	Running Water Creek	240	29	035	(Wood) iron	(1863) 1869	1914	Railway (demolished)	Marion County , Tennessee		United States
	Wilson Canyon Trestle	Wilson Canyon	approx. 240	23	> 40	steel	1909	1987	Railway (cycle path)	Franklin County , Washington		United States
	Bass Point High Bridge	Bass Point Creek	239	24	048	(Wood) steel	(1903) 1913	-	railroad	Boone , Iowa , Iowa		United States
	Canadian River Trestle	Canadian River	238	?	042	steel	1905	-	railroad	Logan , New Mexico		United States
	Bellevue Trestle	Bellevue Creek	238	?	065	(Wood) steel	(1914) 1930s	1980s	Railway (cycle path)	Kelowna , British Columbia		CAN
	Markersbach Viaduct	Side valley of the Große Mittweida	237	25th	037	steel	1889	-	railroad	Raschau-Markersbach , Saxony		DEU
	Hakalau Stream Bridge	Hakalau Stream	236	22nd	080	steel	(1911) 1953	-	(Railway) Street HI 19	Hawaii County , Hawaii		United States
	Gouritsrivierbrug	Gouritsrivier	235	?	064	steel	1931	-	railroad	Mossel Bay , Western Cape		ZAF
	Bedlington Viaduct	River Blyth	235	?	024	(Wood) steel	(1850) 1930	-	railroad	Bedlington , England		GBR
	Kettle River High Bridge	Kettle River	235	47	040	(Wood) steel	(1888) 1894	-	railroad	Sandstone , Minnesota		United States
	Bartlett Glacier Loop Trestle	Bartlett Glacier Valley	232	N / A	032	Wood	1906	1951	Railway (demolished)	Alaska		United States
	Calvert Street Bridge	Rock Creek	230	41	038	iron	1891	1935	Street (replaced)	Washington, DC		United States
	Caneadea Gorge Bridge	Caneadea Creek	230	30th	053	steel	1906	1940s	Railway (demolished)	Allegany County , New York		United States
	8th Street Bridges	Valley Creek Tumwater Creek	230 230	N / A	030 030	(Wood) wood	(1913) 1936	2010	Street (replaced)	Port Angeles , Washington		United States
	Jembatan Cisomang	Cisomang	230	?	100	steel	1932	-	railroad	Purwakarta , Jawa Barat		IDN
	Two Medicine River Bridge	Two Medicine River	229	?	061	(Wood) steel	(1890) 1900	-	railroad	Glacier County , Montana		United States
	Goat Canyon Trestle	Goat Canyon	229	N / A	061	Wood	1933	2008	Railway (closed)	Anza-Borrego Desert State Park , California		United States
	Ellison Creek Trestle	Ellison Creek	226	?	030th	steel	1894	2018	Railway (replaced)	Henderson County , Illinois		United States
	Deepdale Viaduct	Deepdale Beck	226	18th	049	iron	1860	1963	Railway (demolished)	Barnard Castle , England		GBR
	Pope Lick Trestle	Pope Lick Creek	226	16	027	steel	1925	-	railroad	Louisville , Kentucky		United States
	Puente de las Vacas	Río Contreras	226	23	070	steel	1908	2000s	Railway (closed)	Guatemala City , Guatemala Department		GTM
	Bear River Bridge (1876)	Bear River	226	46	030th	Wood	1876	1908	Railway (demolished)	Nevada County , California		United States
	Myra Canyon Trestle # 6	Pooley Creek	225	?	055	(Wood) steel	(1914) 1932	1980s	Railway (cycle path)	Kelowna , British Columbia		CAN
	Viaducto La Polvorilla	Ruta Nacional 40	224	20th	063	steel	1932	-	railroad	San Antonio de los Cobres , Salta Province		ARG
	Buxton Trestle	Mendenhall Creek	223	N / A	024	Wood	1924	1973	Railway (cycle path)	Buxton , Oregon		United States
	Covel Viaduct	Gooney Otter Creek	approx. 220	?	> 20	steel	1907	-	railroad	Wyoming County , West Virginia		United States
	Knitsley Viaduct	Smallhope Burn	219	N / A	> 25	Wood	1862	1919	Railway (backfilled)	County Durham , England		GBR
	Puente Carrión	Río Rímac	218	?	080	(Iron) steel	(1873, 1890) 1937	-	railroad	Lima region		BY
	Dale Creek Crossing	Dale Creek	215	12	040	(Wood) iron	(1868) 1876	1901	Railway (demolished)	Laramie , Wyoming		United States
	Stony Brook Glen Viaduct	Stony Brook Glen	213	?	072	iron	1883	1907	Railway (replaced)	Steuben County , New York		United States
	McIntyre Creek Viaduct	McIntyre Creek	213	30th	024	steel	1905	-	railroad	Jefferson County , Ohio		United States
	Half moon trestle	Side valley of the Lapwai Canyon	208	N / A	043	Wood	1907	2000	Railway (closed)	Lewis County , Idaho		United States
	Newfound Creek Trestle	Newfound Creek	208	N / A	035	Wood	1904	2006	Railway (burned down)	Jefferson County , Alabama		United States
	Maliko Gulch Trestle	Maliko Gulch	208	?	070	steel	1913	1967	Railway (demolished)	Maui County , Hawaii		United States
	Manhasset Viaduct	Manhasset Creek	207	28	025th	steel	1898	-	railroad	Thomaston , New York		United States
	Red Coulee Trestle	Red coulee	206	?	042	steel	1914	?	Railway (closed)	Cascade County , Montana		United States

Development of the US rail network ( track miles )

The graphic below shows the number of trestle bridges completed annually from the data listed above, whereby the year of the first construction is included here, even if a later new construction was carried out at the same location using a comparable construction made of a different material.

Since over 90 percent of all large trestle bridges for rail traffic worldwide, most of them in the USA, the increase in the 1880s and 1900s can be attributed to the increased expansion of the rail network in the USA, which in 1916 with a total of over 400,000 kilometers of track (254,000 track miles ) reached its greatest extent. With the First World War 1914–1918 (the United States entered the war in 1917) and the subsequent global economic crisis in the 1930s, expansion came to a standstill. The emergence of motorized private transport ultimately led to the closure of many unprofitable routes. As reinforced concrete bridges were predominantly used for the expansion of the road network , only a few large trestle bridges were built worldwide until the 1960s; the last over 600 meters in Canada were the Meikle River Trestle (Great Slave Lake Railway, 1963) and the Wapiti River Trestle (Alberta Resources Railway, 1969).

Annually completed trestle bridges (min. 200 m length and 20 m height)

Trestle bridges as part of other bridge types

The list shows only a selection of existing large trestle bridges that were built as access points to main bridges of other supporting structures and that meet the criteria mentioned above.

• Name: Name of the bridge according to the lemma in the German Wikipedia .
• bridged: Name of the river or valley or canyon that the bridge spans.
• Bridge type : design of the main bridge.
• Total length: total length of the bridge between the abutments .
• Span: Longest span of the main bridge between the load-bearing elements such as abutments or bridge piers.
• Height: Height of the bridge, i. d. Usually the height of the track or street level above the lowest point of the valley or above the water surface.
• Access-1 or 2: length of the access to the main bridge. If the exact length is not given in the sources, it will be marked as approximate as approx. (Partly determined with the distance measurement on Google Maps ).
• Material: material of the load-bearing structural elements of the bridge. In the case of combinations of several materials, an addition is given in square brackets (material from previous or subsequent buildings in round brackets).
• Completion: year of completion of the bridge. Planning and construction can start several years earlier. In the case of conversions or extensions as well as later new buildings, the year of the original construction or the new building is given in brackets.
• Use / status: Use as a railway bridge , road bridge or a combination of both traffic routes.
• Location: Closest city or region where the bridge was constructed and the corresponding state or state.
• Coord .: Coordinates of the bridge
• Country: The corresponding country in ISO-3166-ALPHA-3 code.

The information on bridges that do not yet have an article in the German-language Wikipedia is referenced by the individual records listed under Name .

photo	Surname	bridged	Bridge type	Total length in m	Span in m	Height in m	Access-1 in m	Access-2 in m	material	completion position	Usage status	place	Coord.	country
	Huey P. Long Bridge (Jefferson Parish)	Mississippi River	Tudor - Gerber beam bridge	7009	241	047	3289 (east side)	2301 (west side)	steel	1935	Railroad, US Highway	Jefferson Parish , Louisiana		United States
	Huey P. Long Bridge (Baton Rouge)	Mississippi River	Tudor - Gerber beam bridge	3722	259	034	1615 (west side)	1093 (east side)	steel	1940	Railroad, US Highway	Baton Rouge , Louisiana		United States
	Rendsburg high bridge	Kiel Canal	Tudor - Gerber beam bridge	2486	140	068	1272 (north side)	920 (south side)	steel	1913	Railway, transporter bridge	Rendsburg , Schleswig-Holstein		DEU
	Wabash Bridge (Saint Charles)	Missouri River	Tudor - Gerber beam bridge	2400	191	042	approx. 1200 (east side)	approx. 690 (west side)	(Iron) steel	(1871) 1936	railroad	Saint Charles , Missouri		United States
	Hochdonn high bridge	Kiel Canal	Truss bridge	2218	121	042	approx. 1080 (east side)	approx. 995 (west side)	steel	1920	railroad	Hochdonn , Schleswig-Holstein		DEU
	Cairo Rail Bridge	Ohio River	Truss bridge	approx. 6200	158	042	approx. 960 (east side)	approx. 90 (west side)	(Iron, steel) steel	(1890) 1952	railroad	Cairo , Illinois		United States
	Alfred H. Smith Memorial Bridge	Hudson River	Truss bridge	1602	182	042	910 (east side)	382 (west side)	steel	1924	railroad	Albany County , New York		United States
	Poughkeepsie Bridge	Hudson River	Tudor - Gerber beam bridge	2082	160	065	approx. 810 (east side)	approx. 320 (west side)	steel	1888	railroad	Poughkeepsie , New York		United States
	Harahan Bridge	Mississippi River	Tudor - Gerber beam bridge	1497	241	023	720 (west side)	-	steel	1916	Railway, cycle path	Memphis , Tennessee		United States
	Frisco Bridge	Mississippi River	Tudor - Gerber beam bridge	1528	241	023	698 (west side)	-	Iron Steel	1892	Railway (access replaced)	Memphis , Tennessee		United States
	Metropolis Bridge	Ohio River	Truss bridge	1958	220	034	486 (north side)	184 (south side)	steel	1917	railroad	Metropolis , Illinois		United States
	High level bridge	North Saskatchewan River	Truss bridge	777	88	048	397 (south side)	116 (north side)	steel	1913	Railroad, 109 Street	Edmonton , Alberta		CAN
	Kentucky and Indiana Terminal Bridge	Ohio River	Truss bridge	1218	188	030th	391 (south side)	-	steel	(1886) 1912	railroad	Louisville , Kentucky		United States
	Lake Oswego Railroad Bridge	Willamette River	Truss bridge	420	91	023	204 (east side)	18 (west side)	Steel (east access wood)	1910	railroad	Portland , Oregon		United States

literature

• JE Greiner: The American Railway Viaduct. - It's Origin and Evolution. In: Engineering News. Vol. 25, June 6, 1891, pp. 536-538 ( digitized version ).
• Wolcott Cronk Foster: A Treatise on Wooden Trestle Bridges, According to the Present Practice on American Railroads. 2nd edition, John Wiley & Sohns, New York 1897 ( digitized ).
• Frank W. Skinner: Different Methods of Erecting Steel Vidaucts. In: Engineering Record. Vol. 61, No. 14, 1910, pp. 429-442 ( digitized version ).
• Henry Grattan Tyrrell: Bridge Engineering; A Brief History of This Constructive Art from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. 1911, pp. 365-395 ( digitized version ).
• Horace Richmond Thayer: Structural Design. Volume 2, D. Van Nostrand, 1914, pp. 133-185 ( digitized version ).
• Anthony J. Bianculli, Trains and Technology: The American Railroad in the Nineteenth Century. Volume 4, Univ. of Delaware Press, 2003, ISBN 978-0-87413-803-0 , pp. 59-68.

Web links

• Timber Trestles (USA). BridgeHunter.com
• Steel Trestles (USA). BridgeHunter.com
• Western Canada's largest railway bridges. Forth Junction Heritage Society

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