Cairo Rail Bridge
Bridge in Kentucky and Cairo, Illinois / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cairo Rail Bridge is the name of two bridges crossing the Ohio River near Cairo, Illinois in the United States. The original was an 1889 George S. Morison through-truss and deck truss bridge, replaced by the current bridge in 1952. The second and current bridge is a through-truss bridge that reused many of the original bridge piers. As of 2018, trains like the City of New Orleans[1] travel over the Ohio River supported by the same piers whose construction began in 1887.
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Cairo Rail Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 37.023056°N 89.175556°W / 37.023056; -89.175556 |
Carries | Single track of Canadian National Railway (formerly Illinois Central Railroad) |
Crosses | Ohio River |
Locale | Wickliffe, Kentucky and Cairo, Illinois |
Characteristics | |
Design | Simple truss bridge, with steel trestle approaches |
Total length | 20,461 ft (6,237 m) (including approaches) |
Longest span | 518.5 ft (158.0 m) |
History | |
Opened | October 29, 1889, rebuilt 1949-1952 |
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