(Feb 2024 Update: if you are here because of a Google search for SAL, I had erroneously included SAL in the title. (I confused SCL, Seaboard Coast Lines, with Seaboard Air Line. SCL was the 1967 merger of the ACL and SAL. A big mistake.) The SAL Bridge is further downstream.)
I'm still learning about big concrete arch viaducts in the USA.
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| Mark Hinsdale posted "Florida Bound" It's December 22, 1983, and holiday travelers are on the move as southbound Amtrak Train #81, the "Silver Star" flies across the impressive, concrete arch James River Bridge in Richmond VA. The dividing line between the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad to the north, and the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad to the south is in the middle of this bridge (Pier 5) over the shallow, rock strewn James. It's cold in Virginia, and the passengers will certainly appreciate Florida's sunshine and warmth on this first full day of winter. December 22, 1983 photo by Mark Hinsdale |
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| Richmond Parks Poster via Bridge Hunter, License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA) |
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| Eddie Baird posted Richmond Virginia James river Bridge Matthew Hendricks: It was the RF&P up to pier 5 on the bridge. South of that it was ACL. Randall Hampton shared Former ACL / SCL, connecting to RF&P on the north end, before crossing C&O / Chessie. Stone footings from an earlier bridge are still in the water, on the right (east / downstream side). |
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| Phil Riggan's blog article about a kayaker's perspective of the bridge [He implies that he took this view from one of the 1891 RF&P granite-stone piers.] "The James River Bridge project was among the earliest major projects to rely on poured concrete, Portland cement. Up to that point, railway bridges were made of heavy timbers, iron or stone. In the early 1900’s, concrete was introduced as a new material for bridge construction." |
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| safe_image for John Leopard Flickr CSX 811 South loaded grain G730-18, Richmond, Virginia Southbound grain crossing the impressive CSX bridge over the James River west of downtown Richmond. It was completed in 1919 and used to link the Atlantic Coast Line (ACL), and Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac (RF&P) Railroads. It was one of the earliest bridge projects of its size to use poured concrete. My thanks to Justin Ross for the tour. |
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| Travis Mackey Photography posted CSX I031 crossing the James River in Richmond, Virginia Travis Mackey shared Scotty Myers: Love the orange juice train! Hard to figure out it’s schedule though Travis Mackey: Scotty Myers they run the juice on the UPS train now |
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