1968 CSX/NC&StL Running Water Creek Trestle over I-24 near Whiteside, TN

(Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)

NC&StL = Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway 

The 1113 (339m) long trestle has 100' (30.5m) spans. [BridgeHunter]

Northbound:

Street View, Nov 2024

Southbound:

Street View, Dec 2015

Looking North:

Mark Boettcher, Nov 2023

J.B. Rail Photog posted

** windshield view**

If you've ever driven this stretch of the interstate, you've definitely looked up at this massive piece of steel.

Who knows exactly where this iconic overpass is?

Drop your guesses!

"This bridge is a critical piece of infrastructure to CSXT and NS as it is the CSXT main from Nashville to Chattanooga and NS uses it for trackage rights for their Memphis and Charleston line. This is the fourth or fifth bridge to be built at that location. There will always be a Running Water Creek bridge." [Alan Walker comment on ArchivedBridgeHunter]

J.B. stopped for some railfanning.

J.B. Rail Photog posted
Finally got to see the massive Running Water Creek Trestle in person!  This towering steel giant cuts right over I-24 just west of Chattanooga, and it's wild seeing it slice diagonally across the valley from down here. Managed to time it perfectly to catch CSX L795 train rolling across as my radio wasn't getting good reception in that valley.

Frank Keller Photography: Love this area and the fact that CSX and NS both run over this line. Very nice JB

David Harding: I've often wondered what was here before the interstate was built.

Was it a continuation of the trestle style that is on either side of the highway?

Tag Rail: David Harding the trestle was there first, but the concrete piers were installed for the Interstate. Before the bridge was entirely those old iron bridge piers.

Michael Arnold commented on the above post
It is indeed a towering trestle.

J.B. Rail Photog posted three photos with the comment: "A few angles of this Running Water Creek Trestle over I-24 in Whiteside, TN.  It's a pretty neat bridge if you can catch a train going across which isn't difficult as this line the CSX Chattanooga Subdivision that also as Norfolk Southern trains also running over via trackage rights that date back to the 1800s and I have found these are some the oldest trackage rights still in existence from the predecessor railroads."

Curtis Tate: It’s a swap of sorts. NS uses CSX track from Wauhatchie to Stevenson and CSX uses the NS Tennessee River bridge at Decatur.

Justin Strickland: The Stevenson Extention which was under construction by Southern almost eliminated those trackage rights but it was never fully completed

https://www.chattanoogan.com/2015/9/11/307746/New-Chattanooga-Railroad-Book-Includes.aspx

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Kimberly Friar commented on the above post
Was there yesterday

1940+1965 I-76 (Pennsylvania Turnpike) Blue and Kittatinny Mountain Tunnels

Blue: (Satellite) 4,339' (1,323m), the shortest of the four active turnpike tunnels.

Kittatinny: (Satellite) 4,727' (1441m)

When the turnpike was built, the tunnels were just one tube. They became a severe bottleneck before the second tubes were finally added.

Jackson-Township historical preservation posted

Blue Mountain Tunnel, located in Franklin County, was one of the eight tunnels on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, around 1960.  The Blue Mountain Tunnel was originally built as a two-lane tunnel in 1940. It was later expanded in the 1960s to include an additional two lanes. The tunnel is located 600 feet east of the Kittatinny Mountain Tunnel, separated by the Gunter Valley. 

(Photo from Jeff Wright)

Chris Gennaula: Actually, the tunnel was started in the 19th Century as part of the South Penn Railroad.

These street views are taken from the same location in Gunter Valley. That is, the tunnels are close to each other.

Looking East at Blue Tunnel

Street View, Nov 2025

Looking West at Kittatinny Tunnel

Street View, Nov 2025

1973/73 Doylesburg Quad @ 24,000

1887 Dillon Military and 1879 Hale Bridges over, and 1912 Dam on, Wapsipinicon River in Anamosa, IA

Military: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; HAER; Satellite)

Hale: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; Historic Bridges; HAER: Satellite)

Dam: (Satellite)

Today, I researched two bridges built by the King Iron Bridge and Manufacturing Company. The Hale bridge below is one of them, and the Bridge Street Movable Bridge in Piermont, NY is the other.

The dam is behind the Military Bridge.

Street View, Aug 2021

Iowa Road Trip posted

Hale Bridge in Anamosa, Iowa

Hale Bridge is a historic bowstring through-arch truss bridge. The bridge was completed in 1879, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.  In 2006, the bridge was flown by a chinook helicopter from its original location to Anamosa, Iowa.  Today it serves as a pedestrian-only bridge located south of the Wapsipinicon State Park on Shaw Road in Anamosa, Iowa.   Brian Abeling / Iowa Road Trip

The height of the dam is 19' (5.8m). [LansingStateJournal]

May 2024:

Carol Thumma posted four photos with the comment: "It's been a long time since I've seen the Wapsipinicon flowing like this over the Dam in Anamosa.  Thanking God for the needed rain!"

Steve Chapman: Last year there was no water coming over it . People were walking on it and fishing off of it .

Thank God for the rain.

[The dam is owned by an electric company, but I could not find its megawatt capacity.]

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krcproject, photo by Mike Roeder
Built 1912. This source specifies a height of 8' (2.4m). Two swimmers drowned in 1974.

HAER IOWA,53-ANAM,1--15 (CT)
GENERAL VIEW OF EAST SIDE LOOKING WEST, ROLLER DAM AND RURAL ELECTRICAL FACILITY IN FOREGROUND AND CURRENT HIGHWAY 151 BRIDGE IN BACKGROUND. - Wapsipinicon River Bridge, Spanning Wapsipinicon River at former State Highway 151, Anamosa, Jones County, IA

"Significance: Unaltered example of a metal Pratt through truss, unusual lattice vertical posts which may be unique to the Milwaukee Bridge and Iron Co." [HAER_data_military]

HAER IOWA,53-ANAM,1--7
OBLIQUE VIEW OF THE WEB SYSTEM LOOKING NORTHEAST, SHOWING ROLLER DAM AND ELECTRIC COMPANY IN BACKGROUND. - Wapsipinicon River Bridge, Spanning Wapsipinicon River at former State Highway 151, Anamosa, Jones County, IA

Street View, Jun 2022

 HAER IOWA,53-OXFJ.V,1--14 (CT)
ELEVATION FROM WEST - Hale Bridge, Spanning Wapsipinicon River, Oxford Junction, Jones County, IA

"Significance: The three-span Hale Bridge is a striking, and extremely rare, example of what was once a common bridge form: the bowstring arch-truss. In the 1860s and 1870s bowstring arch-trusses were used extensively because of their great structural efficiency and relatively low construction costs. The Hale Bridge is an excellent example of the work of the King Iron Bridge and Manufacturing Company, a major bridge fabricator who erected great number of this type of bridge throughout the nation, including many in Iowa." [HAER_data_hale]

HAER IOWA,53-OXFJ.V,1--8
8. BARREL VIEW FROM SOUTH - Hale Bridge, Spanning Wapsipinicon River, Oxford Junction, Jones County, IA

"Approximately 20-25 personnel and two CH-47 “Chinook” helicopters airlifted three separate, rehabilitated trusses of the historic Hale Bridge from the Olin/Hale area to their new home at the Wapsipinicon State Park in Anamosa.....Bowstring types like this one with their distinctive arched or curved trusses largely replaced wooden bridges over major streams and crossings in Iowa in the 1870s and 1880s. While there were literally hundreds of bowstring arch bridges in Iowa by the end of the 19th century, only 21 now remain scattered across the state in Allamakee, Bremer, Crawford, Dubuque, Johnson, Jones, Montgomery, Poweshiek, and Winnishiek counties." [IowaHistory]

It was not a tandem lift for the smaller spans. I wonder if it was a tandem lift for the longer span. They would have to fly side-by-side, one at each end of the span. A tandem lift would be a very challenging training session for the Iowa Army National Guard.

kcci8

1880 Bridge Street and 1874 Rockland Road Bridges over Sparkill Creek in Piermont, NY

1880: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; Historic Bridges; Satellite)

1874: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; Historic Bridges; Satellite)

1880 Bridge Street Bridge

Today, I researched two bridges built by the King Iron Bridge and Manufacturing Company. This is one of them, and the Hale Bowstring Iron Bridge at Anamosa, IA is the other.

Street View, Sep 2016

Street View, Jul 2019

Christopher R Hernandez posted four photos with the comment: "ridge Street Bridge, Sparkill Creek, Piermont, NY.  Built 1880 by King Iron Bridge Company of Cleveland.  Hand cranked bridge."

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Nathan rates this bridge with two 10s.
"This is the oldest known surviving bascule bridge in the United States and the only known example in the country of a simple archaic draw bridge design. As a movable bridge it is truly tiny, and would have only allowed very small boats to pass. The creek it is located on is also very small. Bridges of this design are more common in Europe. The bridge was hand-operated and simple counterweighted chains would wrap around the counterweight sheaves to pull the bascule leaf up. In this manner it resembles a medieval castle drawbridge. The bascule leaf and the approach span has riveted connections, making it an extremely early surviving rivet-connected truss bridge in the United States. The bridge has been bypassed and preserved in place for pedestrians. The bridge retains good historic integrity considering its age, although some rivets on the trusses have been replaced with bolts. The rivets that survive have a primitve appearance to them indicative of the early use of rivets. Because of its rarity and age it is one of the most unique and important historic bridges in the state. The bridge is worthy of consideration of National Register National Significance."

Street View, Oct 2025

1874 Rockland Road Bridge

2021 photo by Patrick Gurwell via BridgeHunter_1874

Christopher R Hernandez posted eight photos with the comment: "Rockland Road Bridge, Piermont, NY.  Historic stone and brick arch bridge built 1874."

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Locks and Dams on the Monongahela River Overview

QuimbysCruisingGuide

USACE via pfbc

Going upstream (north to south)

1902,1953,2004 Braddock (#2) (Satellite) 11.2

1907-2027 Elizabeth (#3) (Satellite) 23.8

1932 John P. Murtha/Charleroi (#4) (Satellite) 41.5

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1965 Maxwell (Satellite) 61.2

1995 Grays Landing (#7) (Satellite) 82.0

1994 Point Marion (#8) (Satellite) 90.8

1950 Morgantown (Satellite) 102.0

1960 Hildebrand (Satellite) 108.0

1964 Opekiska (Satellite)

Perry Lake Dam on Delaware River near Topeaka, KS

(Satellite)

Street View, Sep 2007

Facebook Reel

Jun 12, 2026 closures. Most of these facilities opened by Jun 24, 2026.

Perry Lake, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers posted

Due to flooding, the following closures are in effect until further notice...

BOAT RAMPS

Old Town Boat Ramp 

Longview Boat Ramp

Devils Gap Boat Ramp

CAMPSITES

Rock Creek Campground

• All of Peninsula C-loop (PC63-PC78)

Slough Creek Campground

• Bur Oak 11

• Southpoint 10-13-17-19-21-65-67-70

• Limestone Cove Group Camp

Oldtown Campground

• B5

We are monitoring the situation and will update as conditions change.

"The dam consists of a rolled earth-fill embankment about 7,750 feet long, constructed to an elevation approximately 95 feet above the streambed with gated outlet works and a gated chute-type spillway in the left abutment. The outlet works is located in the center of the dam and includes several features. The outlet conduit, which is 23.5 feet in diameter and 564.25 feet long, extends through the earth embankment with approach and outlet channels. It is preceded by two rectangular passages of 11.75 feet wide and 23.5 feet high. Each passage contains an emergency gate and a service gate. Both gates are hydraulically operated. Discharges enter a concrete stilling basin immediately downstream of the outlet conduit. Two rows of staggered baffle blocks reduce the velocity of the water before it goes into the outlet channel. The intake structure and control tower contain all of the operating machinery and equipment." [USACE]

I could not find the "gated chute-type spillway" on a satellite map.