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Satellite, where I took the first two street views.)
The viaduct is over a kilometer long and connects the
Queensgate Yard with the
CSX/C&O Ohio River Bridge. It is also called the highline. C&O also had grade level tracks along the river front to serve the various industries along the riverfront.
Looking the other way.
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Howard Helvey posted
Originally built in 1931 with two sets of tracks, only one remains today on Cincinnati's 7440-foot Mehring Way Railroad Overpass and Viaduct. It was and is an engineering marvel (and still used daily), but the crowning jewel is this extremely rare, heavily-skewed truss bridge spanning Mehring Way. Drone photo taken 9-15-24. Paycor Stadium is visible through the bridge.)
Greg Marck: Was the second track ever installed? I thought I read that the bride / viaduct was built for two tracks but only one was ever installed. |
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Howard Helvey commented on Greg's comment
In this aerial photo, likely from the 1950s, a portion of the bridge is seen at the very top, and the two sets of tracks are present on the viaduct. |
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Marty Bernard posted
2. AMTK 707 with the James Whitcomb Riley on the C&O River Bridge, Cincinnati, OH June 26, 1977. Dan Finfrock photo via Bill Howes, Reid Adams collection.
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Charlie Chuck Cox: P30CH, what a HEP nightmare! The twin Detroit V71 HEP power plants were a nightmare to keep running and when they ran to try to sync them. |
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