Bridges with cars and trains?

[TeKnO_Lx]

Im just interesting too see the newest design of these type of bridges
Lisbon is planning a third bridge over the Tagus river which wiil serv trains and cars so i supose it will be in a double decker system
Can u provide me worldwide photos of this bridges?

[shayan]

well iran is planning the persian gulf bridge witch will have cars and trains but there isnt enough info about the form of it yet. It will be 2.2 km long and it will link one of the biggest ports of iran with a persian gulf island of iran (the biggest island in the persian guld) called Qeshm

[C|2azyCanuck]

I don;t think this is exactly what your looking for but this bridge is crazy. Portland's steel bridge carries 4 lanes of traffic, two light rail Max lanes, 2 full rail lanes (bottom deck) and several pedestrian lanes.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2e/Steel-bridge-800x600.JPG

[USS Yankee]

In NYC...

http://www.bookcase.com/~claudia/mt/archives/Bridge.jpg
Manhattan Bridge: I believe there are 4 tracks and 7 lanes for automobiles

http://www.usacivil.skanska.com/files/KOCH/Williamsburg%20bridge%20NYC%202003%201.jpg
Williamsburg Bridge: 8 lanes of car traffic, and two railroad tracks

There are a few others in NYC, but these two are the largest that carry both forms of traffic.

[interpol]

Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia
Built 1926-32.

World's widest bridge, compared to its 'short' length (main span alone is 504 meters).
It remains the World's Largest Bridge with 8 lanes of traffic, two rail tracks, and a walkway/cycle way on its eastern side. Until the 1960's there were also tram tracks. In the 1990's a archclimb was opened for tourists.
http://aussie_news_views.typepad.com/aussie_news_views/images/harbourbridge_wideweb__430x278.jpg

The bridge with the North Sydney skyline in the background
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/ce/Sydney_harbour_bridge2.jpg/800px-Sydney_harbour_bridge2.jpg

[Metroland]

The Bloor St. Viaduct in Toronto
http://readingcities.com/images/uploads/Bloor_Viaduct.jpg

[PhilippeMtl]

Pont Victoria in Montreal

2 lines for car (in each side) + 2 tracks for train in center:
http://www.transport.polymtl.ca/info/gifs/victo.jpg

http://www.crw.org/gallery/MDDM2003/images/DSCN3112.JPG
http://www.streetsofmtl.com/images/high/2003-10-13_800x600_Victoria_Montreal_E_005.jpg
http://www.streetsofmtl.com/images/high/2003-10-13_800x600_Victoria_Montreal_E_008.jpg
http://www.streetsofmtl.com/images/high/2003-10-13_800x600_Victoria_Longueuil_W_003.jpg

[hkskyline]

Hong Kong's Tsing Ma Bridge has vehicle lanes on top and trains running on the covered deck below.

http://www.pbase.com/alex1030/image/16185383.jpg

[TeKnO_Lx]

Wow very interesting bridges u gotta love them :applause:

[empersouf]

We dont have those in the netherlands nor in morocco.

[Phlip]

There are a whole lot of bridges on the south island of New Zealand which are only a single lane wide with a train track, designed for vehicles in either direction and trains. I recall some of these being more than 100 metres long and guarded by nothing much more than a standard "give way" and "give way to trains" sign.

[Nouvellecosse]

The Quebec Bridge (http://pedia.nodeworks.com/Q/QU/QUE/Quebec_Bridge/) is a cantilever bridge crossing the St. Lawrence at Quebec City. It's has three road lanes, one rail line, two walkways, and is located directly beside Canada's longest suspension bridge (the Pierre La Porte Br.).

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y285/nouvellecosse/A23-pont-de-quebec-800.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y285/nouvellecosse/PontsEte.jpg

[Jaye101]

I've been on the green one :D.

[urbanaturalist]

Only thing missing from a road/rail bridge is the pedestrian/bicycle lane(s).....come on now......EVEN IF THE BRIDGE IS 3-4 MILES OR LONGER......Don't forget or ignore the "human powered" mechanism in transportation.....hell even a segway could get on pedestrian/bicycle lane(s)........Jyeah!

[SE9]

There are no road and rail bridges in London. They are seperate, and this is probably down to historical reasons. When many of London's bridges were built, it was unphaesable to build road and rail, because of the technology etc.

The Blackfriars bridges are two parallel bridges that cross the Thames. One carries trains, and one carries road vehicles.

[Frungy]

There are many bridges in Japan with both road and rail right-of-way, but until recently there was also a bridge in Japan that had both road and rail traffic, without grade seperation. It was located near Nagoya, and vehicles shared the road with trains from the Meitetsu Line, a heavy rail commuter line. It was called the Inuyama bridge, but now a new bridge was constructed that split the road and rail.

http://www2.incl.ne.jp/~zunkel/photo/inuyama/prev/image005.jpg

More images can be found at

http://www2.incl.ne.jp/~zunkel/c/chb-inuyama.html

[mr_storms]

thats looks dangerous
reminds me of this
http://www.nationalcorridors.org/df/df11152004g.jpg in Oakland

[Justme]

The Tagus River Bridge in Lisbon, Portugal, was completed in 1966, after four years of construction, for $32 million. It was originally named Salazar Bridge (after the then prime minister/dictator of Portugal, António de Oliveira Salazar), but, after the Carnation Revolution, in 1974, the bridge was renamed the 25 April Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte 25 de Abril), the day when the revolution occurred. In an emblematic picture of the revolution, captured in video, some people removed the letters saying "Salazar" and painted "25 April", instead of it.

Its total length is 2,277 m, the main span measuring 1,013m (17th largest suspension bridge in the world). It enbodies an important railroad line connecting Lisbon to the south, this line opened in 1999.

At the time of its completion it was the longest suspended span in Europe, had the longest main span in Continental Europe, was the world's longest continuous truss, and had the world's deepest bridge foundation (82 meters).

http://www.pbase.com/jchambers/image/18392924/original.jpg

[Arpels]

the foudation is very deep :uh:

[sharpie20]

Evergreen Point Floating Bridge - 7,578 feet (2,309m)

Runs from north Seattle To Medina across Lake Washington, Currently the worlds longest floating bridge.

http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/images/pho/t051/T051936A.jpg

[Mekky II]

Oresund Bridge Denmark/Sweden http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oresund_Bridge

http://www.nba.com/media/bulls/bridge_030911.jpg

[Frungy]

The Seto-Ohashi Bridges go from two of Japan's largest islands, Honshu to Shikoku, leapfrogging on smaller islands. This collection of bridges and viaducts is the longest road-rail bridge in the world collectively, but I think the Tsing Ma in Hong Kong is the longest for a single bridge. It carries 4 lanes of roadways and 2 narrow gauge tracks on 2 decks, with available space for 2 shinkansen tracks if it is expanded to Shikoku.

This is one of 3 sets of bridges crossing from Honshu to Shikoku- the Akashi-Kaikyo bridge (the world's longest suspension bridge) is part of these sets. The Seto-Ohashi is the only one with both road and rail service, though.

http://www.naikai.co.jp/seto-oohashi01.jpg

The wikipedia article on it-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seto-Ohashi_bridge

[cmoonflyer]

Cool enough !

[Tubeman]

I've racked my brains and the only one I can think of in the UK is the old Kingsferry Bridge connecting the Isle of Sheppey with the rest of Kent (Lift bridge on left)

http://www.kingsferrybridge.co.uk/assets/downloads/kfb_img_2856.jpg

[Justme]

There are a small number of bridges in the South Island of New Zealand, which share between rail and road traffic, the interesting catch is that they are only one lane! Wouldn't want to stall on these bridges.

Hokitika
http://www.jayz-web.com/nz_holiday/greymouth/day11_pic8.jpg

Greymouth
http://simo.ru/nz2003/pic/nz038661.jpg
http://feeks.angelcynn.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/normal_DSC02149.JPG

[Mosaic]

I like that one in Japan and HK.

[Arpels]

There are a small number of bridges in the South Island of New Zealand, which share between rail and road traffic, the interesting catch is that they are only one lane! Wouldn't want to stall on these bridges.

Hokitika
http://www.jayz-web.com/nz_holiday/greymouth/day11_pic8.jpg

Greymouth
http://simo.ru/nz2003/pic/nz038661.jpg
http://feeks.angelcynn.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/normal_DSC02149.JPG

yup fantastic :sly:

[m@rco]

In Paris there are subway/car bridges:

Pont de Bir Hakeim:
http://photoenligne3.free.fr/ParisXVI-2/Passy/N2947.jpg

Pont de Bercy:
http://photoenligne3.free.fr/ParisXIII-2/PontBercy/N6034.jpg

Pont de Neuilly:
http://www.navily.net/images/mp89defense3.jpg

[Bikkel]

Anyone else to agree that Pont de Bercy is a true masterpiece? Bring back the old carriages!
I think it's by law not allowed to run both on one bridge in NL.

[Frog]

I've racked my brains and the only one I can think of in the UK is the old Kingsferry Bridge connecting the Isle of Sheppey with the rest of Kent (Lift bridge on left)

http://www.kingsferrybridge.co.uk/assets/downloads/kfb_img_2856.jpg

The other one that springs to mind is the Brittania bridge connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the mainland
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/26/Brittania_Bridge_Train_crossing_3.JPG/800px-Brittania_Bridge_Train_crossing_3.JPG

[Reptilikus]

I think it's the most beautyfull bridge on this thread. But proof me wrong!
http://www.coe.uncc.edu/~jdbowen/1202/2004/fall/oresund_bridge_photo.jpg
http://bridgepros.com/projects/Oresund%20Bridge/Oresund031.jpg

[Rachmaninov]

The Oresunds Bridge sure is beautiful and in fact I've just went through the bridge a month or so ago.


http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Rachmaninov/CIMG0415.jpg
^^ An interesting point to note is that most Hong Kongers remember the Tsing Ma Bridge as a triple-deck rail+car traffic bridge, but forgot that the Kap Shui Mun bridge immediately joining it is one too!

Photo shot by myself.

[FREKI]

I think it's the most beautyfull bridge on this thread. But proof me wrong! I can't, so I will join in :D

http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/593/oresund3ev.jpg

[Chevin]

In the Guinness World Records 2006 it says that The Tsing Ma Bridge in HK is the longest cable suspension bridge with road and rail.

[Bertez]

Cool bridges.....some of the ideas used are really interesting

[canarywondergod]

high level bridge, newcastle upon tyne

Opened in 1849. The single carriageway road occupies the lower deck of the spans, and the railway the upper deck. The lower deck also provides pedestrian walkways.

I can't think of any more in the UK either, they've all been posted.


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/47/High_Level_Bridge_and_Swing_Bridge_-_Newcastle_Upon_Tyne_-_England_-_14082004.jpg/300px-High_Level_Bridge_and_Swing_Bridge_-_Newcastle_Upon_Tyne_-_England_-_14082004.jpg

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tynesidehistory/pictures/highlevelbridge.jpg

http://www.picturesofgateshead.co.uk/postcards_bridges/opcn41w.jpg