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TABLE 1.5
Notable Steel Cantilever Railway Bridges Constructed between 1876-1917

Anchor span Suspended span Cantilever arm span

L A L C L S

L

Location Railroad Engineer Year L A (ft) L C (ft) L S (ft) L (ft)

Posen, Poland — — 1876 74 — — 148

Dixville, KY Cincinnati Southern C. Shaler Smith and G. Bouscaren 1877 ∼ 240 162.5 0 325

St. Paul, MN Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul C. Shaler Smith 1880 243 162 0 324

Niagara Gorge, NY Michigan Central C.C. Schneider 1883 207.5 187.5 120 495

Fraser River, BC ( Figure 1.13) Canadian Pacific C.C. Schneider 1884 105 105 105 315

St. John, NB Canadian Pacific G.H. Duggan 1885 143,190 143,190 143 476

Louisville, KY — — 1886 180 160 160 480

Point Pleasant, WV — — 1888 240 142.5 200 485

Tyrone, KY Louisville and Southern J.W. MacLeod 1889 ∼ 225 — — 551