SPECIFICATIONS FOR MOVABLE RAILWAY BRIDGES

This is a complete specification for movable railroad bridges. The specification covers the design, materials, loads and stresses, and general details of bascule bridges, drawbridges, and lift bridges. It also covers wire ropes, interlocking, and lubrication.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Material Extracted from Chapter 15 -- Steel Structures Area Manual for Railway Engineering.
• Corporate Authors:

  Association of American Railroads

  Engineering Research Division
  Chicago, IL  United States  60616
• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Pagination: 71 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bascule bridges; Bridges; Drawbridges; Lift bridges; Metal bridges; Steel bridges; Stresses; Wire rope
• Old TRIS Terms: Bridge stresses; Interlocking
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00047838
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Association of American Railroads
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 4 1974 12:00AM