History and Development of Steel Railway Bridges - Design of Modern Steel Railway Bridges - page 16

TABLE 1.4
Notable Continuous Span Railway Bridges Constructed between 1850-1929

Location Railroad Engineer Year Type Largest Span (ft)

Torksey, UK — J. Fowler 1850 Three span continuous tubular girder 130

Britannia Bridge, Menai Straits, UK London-Chester-Holyhead R. Stephenson 1850 Four span continuous tubular 460

Montreal, QC Grand Trunk R. Stephenson 1860 Twenty-five span continuous tubular 330

Montreal, QC Canadian Pacific C. Shaler Smith 1886 Four span continuous trusses 408

Sciotoville, OH Chesapeake and Ohio G. Lindenthal and D.B. Steinman 1917 Two span continuous truss 775

Allegheny River Bessemer and Lake Erie — 1918 Three span continuous truss 520

Nelson River Bessemer and Lake Erie — 1918 Three span continuous truss 400

Cincinnati, OH C.N.O. and T.P. — 1922 Three span continuous truss 516

Cincinnati, OH Cincinnati and Ohio — 1929 Three span continuous truss 675