List of road-rail bridges

Bridges accommodating both road & railway From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Road-rail bridges are bridges shared by road transport and rail transport (road-rail). They are sometimes called combined bridges.[1]

The Sydney Harbour Bridge, a steel through arch bridge, carrying both road and rail traffic in Sydney, Australia.

The road and rail on these bridges are often on the same level, but segregated, so that rail vehicles could operate at the same time as road vehicles (e.g., Sydney Harbour Bridge). The roadway can also be above the rail tracks, or vice versa (e.g., Øresund Bridge, Oliver Bridge).

Sometimes, the road and rail share the same carriageway on the bridge (e.g., Dom Pedro II Bridge). In these cases, road traffic usually must stop when trains are using the bridge. However, if the bridge is wide enough, both kinds of traffic can operate together as well (e.g., Bechyně Bridge).

"Rail" in this case include all types of rail transport.

Afghanistan

Argentina

Australia

Grafton Bridge (New South Wales), with a road on its upper deck and a railway on its lower deck.

Current

Former

Paringa Bridge in Paringa, South Australia, with a bicycle path through the middle, on the former railway.

Austria

Bangladesh

Botswana

Brazil

Bulgaria

Cameroon

Canada

A Toronto subway train on the Prince Edward Viaduct.
Quebec Bridge (2012)
Alberta
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Québec
Saskatchewan

China (mainland)

Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge
Pingtan Strait Road-Rail Bridge in Fuzhou, one of the longest road-rail sea crossings in the world.
Qiantang River Bridge, with a car and a train visible (2012).

Current

Across the Yangtze (upstream to estuary)
Other bridges

Former

Czech Republic

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Denmark

Egypt

The Desouk Bridge across the Nile in Desouk, Kafr El Sheikh.

Current

Former

Estonia

Fiji

FSC Locomotive no. 22 crossing the Sigatoka Bridge (2008).
  • On Viti Levu, the CSR Company was obliged to provide road-rail bridges when it built bridges for the Cane Trains to their sugar mills, e.g. the two largest bridges over the Ba and Sigatoka rivers. Many are now rail-only as separate road bridges has been built.
  • The Ba Bridge (550 ft; 170 m) in Ba has 19 spans, 17 standard spans (30 ft; 9.1 m) and a short span at each end, and has been rail-only for many years. The Sigatoka Bridge (810 ft; 250 m) in Sigatoka has 27 spans. Both bridges are prone to hurricane damage due to extra flow of water; the Ba Bridge often disappears under water, but is not always damaged (see Cane Trains).
    • Sigatoka Bridge was washed away by storms, January 2009.[24]
  • Labasa River - Sugar cane tramway; 610 mm gauge; proposed.[25]

Finland

Ounaskoski Bridge in Rovaniemi, with a road on its lower deck and a railway on its upper deck.
A car entering the lower deck of the Iijoki Railway Bridge.

Current

Former

France

Germany

Ghana

  • Unknown location with YouTube movie[33]

Guatemala

Hong Kong

Tsing Ma Bridge (2012)

Current

Former

Hungary

India

The Digha–Sonpur Bridge (JP Setu) over the Ganges, connecting the cities of Patna and Sonpur.
Bogibeel Bridge, with a 3-lane road highway on its upper deck & a double broad-gauge rail line on its lower deck.
Andhra Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Delhi
Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal

Indonesia

Iraq

Italy

Ponte della Libertà (2015)

Current

Former

Ivory Coast

Japan

Road & rail traffic on the Shimotsui-Seto Bridge (Great Seto Bridge).
A car and an Enoden train on the Goudo-bashi Bridge in Koshigoe, Kamakura (2012).

Current

Former

Laos

Macau

Mexico

Montenegro

Mozambique

Myanmar

Netherlands

New Zealand

A 1930 report listed 33 bridges and estimated that the cost of bridge-keepers, extra maintenance for the decks, etc. amounted to £15,500 a year, as against £4,307 paid to NZR.[43]

The Coastal Pacific using the upper level of the Seddon bridge in April 2007. Road vehicles used the lower level until a new bridge was opened in November 2007.
Section of Arahura Bridge – standing beside the new bridge as an example of this rare type of construction.

Current

Former

Temporary

  • Wairoa River – due to road bridge washaway 2008[50]

Nigeria

North Korea

Norway

The Hølendalen Bridges (2013)

Current

Former

  • Rødberg Bridge, carried the now closed Numedal Line to its terminus in Rødberg, and the highway continuing to Geilo over Upsetelva in the center of Rødberg. The rails are still in place, covered by tarmac. There has been no rail traffic on Numedalsbanen since 1988. The railway is in the road, so car traffic had to stop when trains were passing.
  • Bruhaug Bridge, also on the Numedal Line, carried both the railway and local car traffic over the river Numedalslågen. The road surface is wood.
  • Fetsund Bridge, the combined road-rail bridge built in 1919.
  • Sarp Bridge, the original multi-level road-rail bridge in 1879.

Pakistan

Kotri Bridge near Hyderabad, carrying roads and a single-track railway across the Indus River.

Current

Former

Paraguay

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

25 de Abril Bridge in Lisbon, a double-decker bridge.

Current

Former

Romania

Bridge over the Siret in Cosmești.

Russia

Serbia

Žeželj Bridge (2018)

Current

Former

Singapore

Current

Former

Slovakia

South Africa

Bruce-Bayes Bridge over the Buffalo River in East London (2006).

Current

Former

South Korea

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Sweden

The Øresund Bridge, a multi-level bridge between Sweden and Denmark, carrying road and rail traffic.

Switzerland

Road traffic waiting for a RhB train to cross the road-rail bridge near Campocologno railway station.

Current

Former

Thailand

Turkey

Uganda

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Current

King George V Bridge
King George V Bridge showing the road and railway
  • Preston Dock Swing Bridge, Lancashire. Road traffic and pedestrians controlled by barriers from the lock control room. Still used by The Ribble Steam Railway and tour trains visiting from the main line, still running in 2012 the bridge is used for delivery of bitumen by railway to the Preston Total Bitumen plant. On arrival from Total's oil refinery in Immingham, North Lincolnshire, the tankers are parked at the exchange sidings. The steam railway staff divide the trains and shunt the tankers into Total Bitumen's siding for the bitumen processing and distribution plant, later reforming the trains for their return journey to Immingham.
  • Britannia Bridge Robert Stephenson's famous, formerly 'tubular' railway bridge across the Menai Strait in Wales. Rebuilt as a road and rail bridge after a major fire in 1970.
  • High Level Bridge Newcastle upon Tyne.
  • King George V Bridge, Keadby, North Lincolnshire. Carries the A18 and the DoncasterScunthorpe railway across the River Trent. Opened in 1916, Althorpe railway station is on the western bank of the Trent, very close to the bridge, which has not lifted for some years.
  • Belfast cross-harbour bridge, opened 1994–1995. See The Motorway Archive
  • Kingsferry road and rail bridge, Isle of Sheppey. Built in 1960, until 2006 this was the only road crossing to the island. The bridge opens 20 times each day.
  • Porthmadog, Wales, on the Welsh Highland Railway, Shared by this narrow gauge line and the main road through the town.
  • Pont Briwet, over River Dwyryd, near Penrhyndeudraeth, North Wales – single track rail of the Cambrian Coast Line, beside wide single-carriageway road; re-opened in summer 2015 after major repairs.

Former

  • Craigavon Bridge, is a double decker bridge located in Derry, Northern Ireland and is still in operation as a road bridge, it served as a rail bridge from its opening until the 1950s,
  • Connel Bridge, near Oban, Scotland, was shared until the railway closed in the 1960s. A cantilever bridge.
  • Ashton Avenue Bridge, Bristol road rail swing bridge.
  • Queen Alexandra Bridge, still in road (A1231) use across the River Wear between Deptford and Southwick in Sunderland, mineral railway abandoned in 1921 after 12 years' use.
  • Newhaven Harbour, East Sussex, swing bridge standard gauge harbour branch shared with main coast road to Brighton, closed about 1962.
  • Runcorn Railway Bridge – rail; pedestrian bridge alongside was open until 1965.
  • Cross Keys Bridge, on the Norfolk /Lincolnshire border, both sides now in use for road traffic. Swing Bridge

United States

A PATCO Speedline train on the Benjamin Franklin Bridge.
An Amtrak Cascades train on the lower deck of the Steel Bridge.
The Eads Bridge, in St. Louis.
The Oliver Bridge (2020)
ArkansasTennessee
California
Florida
Illinois
IllinoisIowa
IllinoisMissouri
IndianaKentucky
KentuckyOhio
Louisiana
Maine
MaineNew Hampshire
Massachusetts
Michigan
  • Portage Lake Lift Bridge, connecting Hancock and Houghton. The world's heaviest and largest double deck vertical lift bridge. 4-lane road on upper deck, rail on lower deck (converted to trail). The lower deck was also paved so the bridge could be placed in an intermediate position to allow road traffic only.
Minnesota
MinnesotaWisconsin
  • Oliver Bridge, connecting Duluth, Minnesota and Oliver, Wisconsin. Rail on upper deck, road on lower deck.
Missouri
  • Second Hannibal Bridge, in Kansas City, Missouri, across the Missouri River. Opened in 1917, it had a road deck until 1956, when another bridge was built, but the rail deck is presently in use. Evidence of the road deck is still plainly visible.
  • ASB Bridge, in Kansas City, Missouri, across the Missouri River. Opened in 1911, it carried vehicular traffic until 1987, when a new span was built. The bridge is unique in that its lower part is a vertical lift drawbridge that can be lifted without interrupting traffic on the upper deck.
New HampshireVermont
New JerseyPennsylvania
New York
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Washington (state)

Uzbekistan

Venezuela

Vietnam

Many Vietnamese mainline railway bridges have small paths or roads (for pedestrians, bikes, mopeds & other small vehicles that can fit) attached to one or both of their sides. Some of these paths are wider, which supports larger & heavier vehicles.

This list covers railway bridges in Vietnam that have these paths fixed on their sides (unless stated otherwise). The list may not cover all existing Vietnamese road-rail bridges & may not update future changes to the bridges listed below.

Kỳ Lam Railway Bridge in Quảng Nam, with side paths for mopeds.
Thăng Long Bridge in Hà Nội, carrying road traffic on its upper deck and rail traffic on its lower deck.
Bến Đền Bridge in Lào Cai.
Bắc Ninh
Đà Nẵng (municipality)
Đồng Nai
Hà Nội (municipality)
Hải Phòng (municipality)
Hồ Chí Minh City (municipality)
Lào Cai
Nghệ An
Ninh Bình
Phú Thọ
Quảng Trị
  • Ga Bridge[82] – formerly also allows large vehicles.
  • Long Đại Railway Bridge[83] – same carriageway for large vehicles (one-way road/North–South railway).[84]
Thanh Hóa

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Current

Former

Temporary

During wartime and other emergencies, rail tracks on bridges are sometimes paved to allow road traffic to proceed. Examples include the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen bridge in Germany.

After a landslide on the Stromeferry road in Scotland in 2012, a 150m section of the parallel railway was paved with rubber tiles to allow road traffic to avoid a 250 km detour.[85]

Proposed

Under construction

See also

References

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