SPAN PLACEMENT DISRUPTS RAIL TRAFFIC ONLY FOUR DAYS

Delaying train traffic only four days, a contractor removed two spans of a single-track rail bridge, demolished a supporting pier, replaced the two spans with a 400-ft.-long, 1,200-ton steel lift span and laid new track. The lift span was placed in the 14-span bridge at Kennewick, Washington, to accommodate large barge tows.

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  McGraw-Hill, Incorporated

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• Publication Date: 1977-5-12

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 16
• Serial:
  • Engineering News-Record
  • Volume: 200
  • Issue Number: 19
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0891-9526

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Inland waterways; Lift bridges; Metal bridges; Reconstruction; Steel bridges
• Identifier Terms: BNSF Railway
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00157228
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 4 1977 12:00AM