Cantilever bridge erected near Baton Rouge, by balancing, without falsework, on piers built upon caissons sunk 180 ft below low water level; bridge carries railway between main trusses, centers of which are 32 ft apart, and 20-ft one-way roadway is cantilevered out on each side of 5 main spans; these consist of two 490-ft anchor spans, one on each bank of river, two 848-ft cantilever spans each containing 396 ft suspended section, and central 650-ft anchor span between them.
New Mississippi combined rail and road bridge
Ry Gaz
Railway Gazette and Railway News ; 75 , n 14
1941
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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