1913 Aban/Utah Railway Gordon Creek Trestle and Carbon Canal Aqueduct near Helper, UT

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

Aqueduct: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; Satellite)

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Looking West:

Shannon Bushman, Aug 2021

Looking East:

Shannon Bushman, Aug 2021

Trying to catch the curve in the trestle.

Shannon Bushman, Aug 2021

HVT Dave via BridgeHunter_trestle

Greg McDuffee posted five photos with the comment:

1913 Gordon Creek Trestle 

Carbon County, Utah

A 634ft [193m] deck plate girder,134ft [41m] above the creek. 

Built by the Utah Railway for coal mining. Long abandoned. 06~20~2026

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I think the arson fire was in 2013.

Sonny Wilson, Dec 2021

Carbon Canal Aqueduct

Carbon Canal is an irrigation canal. Once again, I'm reminded that the West has to pay a lot for water.

2014 photo by Royce and Bobette Haley via BridgeHunter_aqueduct

2014 photo by Royce and Bobette Haley via BridgeHunter_aqueduct

After the canal goes over Gordon Creek, it goes under US-6.

Satellite

1914/68 Castle Gate Quad @ 62,500

Aban/Southern Wood Trestle over Buffalo Creek near I-85 near Blacksburg, SC

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

The Interstate bridge on the left was replaced when I-85 was widened even though the industrial spur to the rock quarry just north of this trestle is no longer used. See "Carolina Coastal Railway/NS/Southern Bridge to Nowhere over I-85 near Blacksburg, SC" for more information about that bridge and the quarry.

2015 photo by Royce and Bobette Haley via BridgeHunter

2015 photo by Royce and Bobette Haley via BridgeHunter

Dave Kuntz Drone Photos posted four photos with the comment: "Beside the brand new but never used "Trestle to Nowhere" in Blacksburg SC is a far older conventional wooden trestle with rails still on top.  This likely is the first time that the two bridges from vastly different eras have ever been ever photographed together."

Emily Gibbs VanDyk: Its the 9ld Norfolk Southern and they plan on rebuilding it.

Jeff Conner: So, the state and feds spent many many millions on a rail compatible bridge for a service that doesn't exist, and there are no plans to open this line, ever?

Dave Kuntz Drone Photos: This is the article about it and apparently no reopen plans https://www.gaffneyledger.com/articles/the-trestle-to-nowhere/

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Lost/Rock Island Trestle over Fitch Creek near La Fayette, IL

(no Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)

Trent Briggs posted

Dennis DeBruler commented on Trent's post
I presume the trestle crossed Fetch Creek. 1983/84 La Fayette Quad @ 24,000

Dennis DeBruler commented on Trent's post
It appears that the embankments are extant: https://maps.app.goo.gl/kHHwXoAFZCtNp9ox5.

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

Trail/Milwaukee Renslow Trestle and Johnson Creek Tunnel near East Kittitas and Boylston, WA

Trestle: (Satellite)

Tunnel: (Satellite)

Looking East:

Street View, Jun 20223

John Harker posted four images with the comment: "This scene was photographed on June 30th 1965, looking up from Boylston Road east of East Kittitas, Washington.  A Milw east bound freight with EF-5 Box motors E39 B-C-D-A and a GP9 was crossing Renslow Trestle (EE-320), climbing a 1.6% grade for about five miles to Johnson Creek Tunnel just east of Boylston.  A Milw Coast Division 1964 employee time table, a track profile and a USGS topo map are included for reference.  No photographer was listed.  John Harker image scan and editing from an original Kodachrome slide."

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West Portal:

Franklin Wirtz, Aug 2022

East Portal:

Franklin Wirtz, Aug 2022

In addition to trestles and tunnels, the Milwaukee had to build a lot of cuts and fills. 

Cut:

a z, Jun 2020

Fill:

a z, Jun 2020

And this is what the fill and cut looks like on a topo map.

1953/57 East Kittitas Quad @ 24,000

Once you know what to look for, the fill and cuts are easy to find on a satellite image. The two blue dots are the locations of the "a z" photos above.

Satellite

1913 (CM+BNSF)/Milwaukee Judith and Indian Creek Trestles between Lewiston and Denton, MT

Judith Trestle: (Archived Bridge Hutner; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)

Indian Creek Trestle: (Archived Bridge Hutner; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)

CM = Central Montana

By 1913, between Lewiston and Danvers, MT, Milwaukee built the Judith Trestle, Indian Creek Trestle, Sage Creek Trestle and Sage Creek (Hoosac) Tunnel.  That route is now operated by Central Montana Rail. The route is also used by the Charlie Russell Chew-Choo. The Dinner Train features western entertainment including a staged train robbery. They also operate a North Pole Adventure Train.

CM/Milwaukee Judith Trestle

"The first trestle the train goes over is the Judith River Trestle. This 33-span bridge is 138 feet [42m] high and 1,953 feet [595m] long. The trestle was severely damaged in the spring of 2011 and was approved for a five million dollar grant for repair which took place in 2014." [MontanaCowboyFame]

montanatom1950 via ArchivedBridgeHunter_judith via Flickr

CM/Milwaukee Indian Creek Trestle

"Indian Creek Trestle, the second trestle on the Charlie Russell Chew Choo, is a 22-span bridge that is 150 feet [46m] high and 1,303 feet [397m] long. It may be seen just off the Danvers gravel road." [MontanaCowboyFame]

2015 photo by David Jones via BridgeHunter_indian

Tracy Scott posted
The Indian Creek Trestle was originally part of the route constructed by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad during its expansion across Montana in the early 1900s. This line required numerous major bridges and trestles to cross the deep coulees and river valleys of the Judith Basin region. This trestle is located in the rugged coulee country west of Lewistown in Fergus County. It carries the former Milwaukee Road line, now operated by the Central Montana Rail, across a deep drainage carved by Indian Creek. At 1303 feet long, it was built in 1912-1913. The line remains one of the few surviving segments of Milwaukee Road trackage in Montana still carrying freight traffic today. Central Montana Rail continues to serve agricultural customers throughout the Judith Basin.

NS/NKP Trestle over Chautauqua Creek in Westfield, NY

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

Street View, Aug 2013

Big Boy 2026:

Brian R. Wroblewski posted five photos with the comment: "Some shots from Westfield around 12:45 this afternoon[June 9]..."

[The smoke is rather clear.]

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[The two diesels are not providing motive power, they are providing dynamic braking.]