History and Development of Steel Railway Bridges - Design of Modern Steel Railway Bridges - page 3

TABLE 1.1
Notable Iron and Steel Arch Railway Bridges Constructed between 1847-1916
Location Railroad Engineer Year Material Hinges Span (ft)

Hirsk, UK Leeds and Thirsk — 1847 Cast iron 0 —

Newcastle, UK Northeastern R. Stephenson 1849 Cast iron 0 125

Oltwn, Switzerland Swiss Central Etzel and Riggenbach 1853 Wrought iron 0 103

Paris, France Paris—Aire — 1854 Wrought iron 2 148

Victoria, Bewdley, UK — J. Fowler 1861 Cast iron — —

Albert, UK — J. Fowler 1861 Cast iron — —

Coblenz, Germany — — 1864 Wrought iron 2 —

Albert, Glasgow, Scotland — Bell and Miller 1870 Wrought iron — —

St. Louis, MO Various J. Eads 1874 Cast steel 0 520

Garabit, France — G. Eiffel 1884 Wrought iron 2 540

Paderno, Italy — — 1889 Iron — 492

Stony Creek, BC Canadian Pacific H.E. Vautelet 1893 Steel 3 336

Keefers, Salmon River, BC Canadian Pacific H.E. Vautelet 1893 Steel 3 270

Surprise Creek, BC Canadian Pacific H.E. Vautelet 1897 Steel 3 290

Grunenthal, Germany — — 1892 Steel 2 513

Levensau, Germany — — 1894 Steel 2 536

Mungsten, Prussia — A. Rieppel 1896 Steel 0 558

Niagara Gorge (2), NY — — 1897 Steel 2 550

Viaur Viaduct, France — — 1898 Steel 0 721

Worms, Germany — Schneider and Frintzen 1899 Steel — 217

Yukon, Canada Whitepass andYukon — — Steel 0 240

Passy Viaduct, France Western Railway of Paris — — Steel — 281

Rio Grande, Costa Rica Narrow gage — 1902 Steel 2 448

Birmingham, AL Cleveland and Southwestern Traction — 1902 Steel — —

Mainz, Germany — — 1904 Steel — —

Paris, France Metropolitan — 1905 Steel — 460

Song-Ma, China Indo-China — — Steel 3 532

Iron Mountain, MI Iron ore — — Steel 3 —

Zambesi, Rhodesia — G.A. Hobson 1905 Steel — 500

Thermopylae, Greece — P. Bodin 1906 Steel 3 262

Nami-Ti Gorge, China Yunnan — 1909 Steel 3 180

Hell Gate, NY Pennsylvania G. Lindenthal 1916 Steel 2 978