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List of road–rail bridges
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Road–rail bridges are bridges shared by road transport and rail transport. They are sometimes called combined bridges.[1]
The road and rail on these bridges may be segregated, so that railway vehicles may operate at the same time as road vehicles (e.g., the Sydney Harbour Bridge). The rail track can be above the roadway or vice versa (e.g., a truss bridge).
The road and rail on these bridges may also share the same carriageway, so that road traffic must stop when trains are operating (like a level crossing). Both traffic can operate together as well (like a tram in a street, or street running).
"Rail" in this case may include heavy rail, light rail, trams & streetcars.
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Afghanistan
- Afghanistan–Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge between Termez and Jeyretan.
Argentina
- Transandine Railway rail tunnel, converted to road use for time being, albeit single lane.
- Carmen de Patagones–Viedma Railway Bridge
- Paso de los Libres–Uruguaiana International Bridge
- Salto Grande Bridge
- San Roque González de Santa Cruz Bridge, between Posadas, Argentina, and Encarnación, Paraguay
- Zárate–Brazo Largo Bridge
Australia
Current
- Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, carried further two rail tracks as tram tracks from 1932 until 1958.
- Narrows Bridge, Perth, carries Mandurah railway line in central reservation[2]
- Mount Henry Bridge, Perth, carries Mandurah railway line in central reservation[2]
- Burdekin Bridge
- Bli Bli Bridge, carries David Low Way over Maroochy River, also carried Moreton Central Sugar Mill Cane Tramway until the mid-1990s[3]
- Dickabram Bridge
- Grafton Bridge, Grafton, carries road on top level with North Coast railway line below[4]
- Septimus, Queensland – Head-Menkens Road – Cane tram[5]
- Fremantle Railway Bridge, Fremantle proposed to be rebuilt as combined bridge after flood damage; 1926.[6]
- Bloomfield Coal Loop over New England Highway near Thornton[7]
- Leonardi Di Palma road-rail bridge, Miallo, Queensland – Cane tram[8] 610mm gauge
- John Luscombe Pioneer River bridge, sugar cane tramway 610mm gauge
Former
- Menindee – separated in the 1970s.
- Penrith – separated in 1907 by construction of separate railway bridge.
- Tocumwal – separated by construction of adjacent road-only bridge in 1987.[9]
- Murray Bridge[10] from the opening of the railway in 1886 until a separate rail bridge was opened in 1925.
- Paringa Bridge, from its opening in 1927[11][12] until the Barmera railway line closed in 1982.[13] The railway area was converted to a cycleway in 1986. Originally one lane of traffic and the railway shared the area within the truss spans, but a single-lane deck was later attached to either outer side of the trusses to separate road and rail traffic.
- Echuca–Moama, opened in 1879, road only since adjacent rail-only bridge opened in 1989.[14]
- Gonn Crossing, 1926, on the Stony Crossing railway line. Road only since the rail line closed in 1964.
- Robinvale, 1927, as part of the Robinvale railway line. Road only after construction of the line was abandoned in 1943. Replaced by a new road bridge in 2006.[15]
- Camden Rail bridge attached to the road bridge until line closure in 1963.
- North Richmond, Rail bridge attached to the road bridge on the Kurrajong railway line until line closure in 1952.
- Bridgewater Bridge, Hobart, carried Midland Highway and South railway line[16][17]
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Austria
- Floridsdorf Bridge
- Nibelungen Bridge (Linz)
- Reichsbrücke
Bangladesh
Current
Former
- Jamuna Bridge – rail dismantled[18]
Botswana
Brazil
Current
- Baron of Mauá International Bridge
- Brochado da Rocha Road–Rail Bridge
- Desengano Bridge
- Dom Pedro II Bridge over Paraguaçu River
- Marcelino Ramos Road–Rail Bridge
- Paso de los Libres–Uruguaiana International Bridge
- Rollemberg–Vuolo Road–Rail Bridge over Paraná River
- Mixed Bridge of Marabá over Tocantins River
Former
- Propriá–Colégio Road–Rail Bridge over São Francisco River[20]
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Bulgaria
- Danube Bridge to Romania[21]
- New Europe Bridge – 2013, single track[22]
Cameroon
- Wouri River bridge, in Douala – almost unserviceable because of poor condition[23][24]
- Bonabéri–Douala over Wouri River estuary
Canada
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Derwent Way Bridge, Delta–New Westminster
- Mission Railway Bridge, Mission–Abbotsford; Rail only since the opening of the road only Mission Bridge
- Nova Scotia
- Ontario
- Alexandra Bridge, Ottawa until the tracks were removed
- Prince Edward Viaduct, Toronto since 1966 when the subway was commissioned on the lower decks
- Whirlpool Rapids Bridge, Niagara Falls, Ontario, carries passenger rail on the upper level, road on the lower level between Ontario and New York
- Québec
- Victoria Bridge, Montreal
- Quebec Bridge, Québec City
- Samuel-De Champlain Bridge, Montreal, with the Réseau express métropolitain.
- Saskatchewan
- St. Louis Bridge – 1915 rail only; 1928 road–rail; 1983; road only.
- Canadian Northern Railway Bridge (Prince Albert) – 1909–1960 road–rail; 1960 rail only;
- also a swing bridge 1909–1939
- Crooked Bridge – 1930
- CPR Bridge (Saskatoon) rail 1908; rail and pedestrian 1909
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China (mainland)
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Current
- Across Yangtze River
From upstream to esturay: Yibin Jinsha River Road–Rail Bridge, Lingang Yangtze River Bridge, Linyu Yangtze River Bridge, Second Luzhou Yangtze River Bridge, Dingshan Bridge, Yudong Yangtze River Bridge, Baijusi Yangtze River Bridge, Caiyuanba Bridge, Dongshuimen Yangtze River Bridge, Chaotianmen Bridge, Guojiatuo Yangtze River Bridge, Zhicheng Yangtze River Bridge, Jingzhou Yangtze River Road-Railway Bridge, Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, Tianxingzhou Yangtze River Bridge, Huanggang Yangtze River Bridge, Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge, Tongling Yangtze River Road-Railway Bridge, Third Wuhu Yangtze River Bridge, Wuhu Yangtze River Bridge, Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, Wufengshan Yangtze River Bridge, Husutong Yangtze River Bridge
- Across other rivers than Yangtze River
- Binbei railway Songhua River road-railway bridge (6-lane highway and Harbin–Bei'an railway)
- Daxie Bridge
- Ganjiang Bridge (2-lane road and Beijing–Kowloon railway)
- Hengyang Xiang River Road-Railway Bridge (Guangdong Road, Daqing Road and Hunan–Guangxi railway)
- Huainan Huaihe Bridge
- Jingyuan Yellow River Road-Railway bridge (road and Honghui Railway)
- Pingtan Road-Railway Bridge (G3 and Fuping railway)
- Qiansimen Bridge (4-lane highway and CRT line 6)
- Qiantang River Bridge
Second Qiantang River Bridge(road and Hukun railway, temporary closed for renovation)- Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge
- Wanghe Bridge
- Xinglin Bridge (6-lane highway and Fuzhou–Xiamen railway)
- Zhaoqing Xi River Bridge (G324 and Guangzhou–Maoming railway)
- Zhengxin Yellow River Bridge (S227 and Jingguang HSR)
- Zhujiang Bridge (Zhongshan Road and Guangzhou–Maoming railway)
Former
- Binbei Bridge (was a part of G202 and Harbin–Bei'an railway, road part closed in 2006, railway part closed and replaced by another bridge in 2016)
- Songpu Bridge (railway part abandoned, and replaced by Jinshan railway Huangpu River Bridge, still used by G320)
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Côte d'Ivoire
Czech Republic
- Bechyně Bridge. In 1928, a bridge was constructed to carry the railway line and road from Tábor into Bechyně. Previously the line had stopped on the other side of a deep gorge from the town, and access was by way of a steep road and narrow bridge. The rail line runs in the roadway for 100 m and road traffic is stopped by lights as a grade crossing.[25]
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Kongolo Bridge
Brazzaville–Kinshasa Bridge – proposed [26]- Matadi Bridge – railway yet to be used. Built 1983.[27] Angola would like to use this bridge to reach their exclave of Cabinda.
Denmark
- Great Belt Fixed Link, the Western Bridge.
- Little Belt Bridge
- Øresund Bridge
- Masnedsund Bridge
- Storstrøm Bridge – A replacement bridge is under constriction, also road-rail, will have the same name
- King Frederik IX Bridge
- King Christian X Bridge in Sønderborg, railway closed.
- Oddesund Bridge
- Hadsund Bridge, railway closed, bridge replaced.
Egypt
- Imbaba Bridge in Cairo
- Proposed road-rail tunnel under Suez Canal[28]
- Suez Canal road-rail bridge at El Hammad[29]
Estonia
- Papiniidu Bridge, Pärnu
Fiji
- On Viti Levu the CSR Company was obliged to provide road-rail bridges when it built bridges for the Cane Trains to their sugar mills, e.g. the two largest bridges over the Ba and Sigatoka Rivers. Many are now rail-only as separate road bridges has been built.
- The Ba Bridge (550 ft; 170 m) has 19 spans, 17 standard spans (30 ft; 9.1 m) and a short span at each end, and has been rail-only for many years. The Sigatoka Bridge (810 ft; 250 m) has 27 spans. Both bridges are prone to hurricane damage due to extra flow of water; the Ba Bridge often disappears under water but is not always damaged (see Cane Trains).
- Sigatoka Bridge was washed away by storms, January 2009.[30]
- Labasa River - Sugar cane tramway; 610mm gauge; proposed. [31]
Finland
Current
- Atlantinsilta
- Bridge at Isohaara Hydropower Plant in Keminmaa
- Bridge over Runkotie in Seinäjoki[32][33]
- Crusellinsilta
- Hämeentie Bridge (north)
- Hämeentie Bridge (south)
- Hämeensilta
- Iijoki Railway Bridge – over the Iijoki in Ii
- Kirnukoski Railway Bridge – northeast of Ristijärvi, near Jokikylä[34]
- Koivusenoja Railway Bridge – between Hallila & Hervanta[35][36][37]
- Ounaskoski Bridge – double-decker bridge in Rovaniemi
- Paciuksenkatu Bridge – between Meilahti & Munkkiniemi[38]
- Pasilansilta – near Pasila Station
- Pitkäsilta
- Sepänkatu Bridge – over the Tampere–Seinäjoki railway[39]
Former
- Aninkaistensilta (1932–1967) – carried Turku trams
- Kulosaari Bridge (1919) – carried the Kulosaari tramway
- Mansikkakoski Railway Bridge – restored for normal traffic[40], rail traffic moved to new bridge[41]
France
- Cize-Bolozon viaduct on the Ligne du Haut-Bugey built 1882, destroyed by the maquis in 1945, rebuilt 1950
- Pont Morand, Lyon
- Pont de Recouvrance, Brest – road & tramway – includes lifting span[42]
- Beatus Rhenanus Bridge
- Viaduc de Salles at Giroussens, Tarn, on the Chemin de fer touristique du Tarn
Germany
- Fehmarn Sound bridge
- Lindaunis Bridge
- Kattwykbrücke – Hamburg, new railroad bridge being built next to existing bridge, opening December 2020
- Moselbrücke Bullay – double deck road and rail bridge[43]
- Oberbaumbrücke
- Peenebrücke Wolgast
- Rügendamm
- Elbbrücke Lauenburg
Wartime
Ghana
- Unknown location with YouTube movie[44]
Guatemala
Hong Kong
Current
- Lantau Link
- Tsing Ma Bridge (longest bridge span for road and rail traffic in the world)[45]
- Ma Wan Viaduct
- Kap Shui Mun Bridge
- Hoi Wong Road across Tuen Mun River estuary[46][47]
- Kai Fuk Road Flyover/Kwun Tong line viaduct between Ngau Tau Kok and Kowloon Bay stations
- Kwun Tong Road over Tsui Ping Nullah
- Castle Peak Road—Hung Shui Kiu over Hung Shui Hang (Hung Shui Kiu River)
- Ma On Shan Road/Ma On Shan Rail (now part of Tuen Ma line) over Tai Shui Hang/Nui Po Tung Hang
- Tsing Kwai Highway, Tung Chung line and Airport Express (road and four tracks of rapid transit) - two stretches
- Yuen Long Main Road over Yuen Long Creek (Yuen Long Nullah)
Former
- Bowrington Bridge, part of Hennessy Road across Bowrington Canal
- Sha Tau Kok Railway and Sha Tau Kok Road - bridges over Ma Wat River, Tan Shan River and Kwan Tei River
- Pui To Road[48]
Hungary
India
- Digha–Sonpur Bridge, Bihar
- Godavari Bridge, Andhra Pradesh
- Naranarayan Setu, Assam
- Saraighat Bridge, Assam
- Koilwar Bridge, Bihar
- Rajendra Setu, Bihar
- Munger Ganga Bridge, Bihar
- Farakka Barrage, West Bengal
- Vivekananda Setu, West Bengal
- Strachey Bridge, Agra, Uttar Pradesh
- Old Naini Bridge, Allahabad
- Old Yamuna Bridge, Delhi
- Malaviya Bridge, Varanasi Over Ganga in U.P.
- Nashipur Rail Bridge
Indonesia
- Cirahong Bridge – opened in 1893[51]
- Cisomang Bridge (Gen 3) – small side road for pedestrians & mopeds[52]
Iraq
- River Tigris in Baghdad – 1950[53]
Italy
Current
- Mezzanacorti bridge over the Po on the Milan–Genoa railway
- San Michele bridge over the Adda on the Seregno–Bergamo railway
- Sesto Calende bridge over the Ticino on the Domodossola–Milan railway
- Soleri viaduct in Cuneo
- Turbigo bridge over the Ticino on the Saronno–Novara railway
- Valenza bridge over the Po on the Pavia–Alessandria railway
- Ponte della Libertà in Venice
- Vigevano bridge over the Ticino on the Milan–Mortara railway
Former
- Adenige bridge on temporary Mont Cenis Railway[54]
- Magenta bridge over the Ticino on the Turin–Milan railway
- Revere bridge over the Po on the Verona–Bologna railway
- San Nicolò bridge over the Trebbia on the Alessandria–Piacenza railway
Japan
Current
- Great Seto Bridge, JR Shikoku Honshi-bisan Line and Seto-Chuo Expressway
- Kansai International Airport Access Bridge (Sky Gate Bridge R), JR West, Nankai Railway and 6-lane expressway
- Kobe Sky Bridge, between Kobe Airport and Port Island, carrying the Port Liner
- Murayama Bridge, Nagano Electric Railway and National Route 406
- Rainbow Bridge, Yurikamome and Shuto Expressway Daiba Route (route 11)
- Rokko Bridge, Rokko Island Line and 4-lane road
- Shin Yodogawa Bridge, Osaka Metro Midosuji Line and National Route 423
- Shin-Kuzuryu Bridge, Hokuriku Shinkansen and Fukui Prefectural Route 268[55]
- Tatsunokuchi Bridge, Sendai Subway Tozai Line and 2-lane road
- Tatsupi Bridge, Tama Toshi Monorail Line and Tokyo Prefectural Route 149
Former
- Azumba Bridge – Azumabashi Line closed in 1972
- Inuyama Bridge – separated in 2000.
- Umaya Bridge – Umayabashi Line closed in 1971
North Korea
South Korea
Laos
Macau
Mexico
Mozambique
- The Dona Ana Bridge has carried rail and road traffic, but not at the same time.
Myanmar
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Current
- Chaung Taung Bridge[56] – over Ye River, 240m
- Irrawaddy Bridge (Nyaungdon)
- Irrawaddy Bridge (Malun)
- Mu River Bridge
- Pakokku Bridge
- Sin Phyu Shin Bridge
- Sittaung Bridge (Theinzayat)
- Thanlwin Bridge in Mawlamyine, which is 2400m long
- Thanlyin Bridge
Former
- Ava Bridge – collapsed during the 2025 Myanmar earthquake[57]
Netherlands
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Current
- Blauwbrug
- Bolbrug
- Botlek Bridge – lift bridge in the Port of Rotterdam
- Bridge 2002
- Bridge at Westervoort
- Bridge over the Linge
- Demka Railway Bridge
- Enneüs Heerma Bridge
- Erasmus Bridge
- Hanzeboog
- IJsselspoorbrug (Deventer)
- Muider Railway Bridge
- Nijmegen Railway Bridge
- Suurhoff Bridge
- Venlo Railway Bridge
- Vlakebrug
- Walfridus Bridge
Former
- Calandbrug – rail inactive
New Zealand
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A 1930 report listed 33 bridges and estimated that the cost of bridge-keepers, extra maintenance for the decks, etc. amounted to £15,500 a year, as against £4,307 paid to NZR.[58]
Current
- Alexandra – Manuherikia River, Central Otago Line – single level, shared deck (rail closed)
- Okahukura – Stratford–Okahukura Line between Taumarunui and Ōhura – two level, road under rail 1933-2009 (rail disused)
- Taramakau River – Ross Branch – single level, shared deck
- Hindon, New Zealand – Taieri Gorge Railway – single level – converted from rail only
- Sutton, near Middlemarch, New Zealand – Taieri Gorge Railway – single level
- Napier – Palmerston North – Gisborne Line – single level, separate decks (road closed)
- Inangahua – Stillwater–Ngawakau Line – single level, separate decks
- Arahura, near Hokitika – Ross Branch – single level, separate decks (replaced single level, shared deck bridge)
- Seddon – Main North Line over Awatere River – two level, single lane road under rail (road closed in November 2007); see picture above of Coastal Pacific crossing the bridge in April 2007
Former
- Arahura River – between Greymouth and Hokitika – single level – replaced in 2009[59]
- Blackball combined over Grey River[60]
- Huntly 1915–1959 (now rail/footbridge only) over Waikato River[61]
- Ngākawau River separated in 1939[62]
- Pekatahi – between Edgecumbe and Taneatua – single level, shared deck – track removed in 2017[63]
- Rakaia – separated in 1939
- Taramakau River Bridge between Greymouth and Kumara - dual use from opening in 1893 until a separate road bridge opened alongside in 2018. This bridge was the last single-level or shared carriageway bridge in the country.[64]
- Waitaki – separated around the late 1950s
- Whanganui River near Taumarunui - dual use until separate road bridge opened upstream in 1960s.
Temporary
- Wairoa River – due to road bridge washaway 2008[65]
Nigeria
- Old Bridge – over Benue River at Makurdi [66]
Norway
- Rødberg Bridge carried the now closed Numedal Line to its terminus in Rødberg and the highway continuing to Geilo over Upsetelva in the center of Rødberg. The rails are still in place, covered by tarmac. There has been no rail traffic on Numedalsbanen since 1988. The railway is in the road, so car traffic had to stop when trains were passing.
- Bruhaug Bridge, also on Numedal Line carried both the railway and local car traffic over the river Numedalslågen. The road surface is wood.
- Hølendalen Bridge, near Moss. Motorway and railway, parallel separate bridges.
- Nygård Bridge in Bergen carries both the Bergen Light Rail and a street. A parallel bridge carries European Route E39.
Pakistan
Current
- Attock Bridge
- Chund Bridge
- Jhelum Bridge
- Khushal Garh Bridge
- Kotri Bridge
- Railway bridge under Metrobus elevated viaduct, near Marir Chowk, Muree Road, Rawalpindi
Former
- Lansdowne Bridge – carried rail until Ayub Bridge was built
Paraguay
Philippines
- Guadalupe Bridge in the Makati–Mandaluyong border over the Pasig River. The rail bridge of MRT Line 3 is above the road bridge carrying EDSA.
Poland
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Former
Portugal
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- 25 de Abril Bridge
- Pocinho Bridge in Vila Nova de Foz Côa (closed)
- Ponte Eiffel
- Ponte de Jafafe in Sernada do Vouga over Vouga River. Single-level bridge used by Linha do Vouga.[67]
- Ponte Luís I
- Ponte de Valença in Valença over the Minho. Used by Ramal Internacional de Valença.
- Praia do Ribatejo Bridge
Romania
- Basarab Overpass
- Bridge over the Siret in Cosmești[68]
- Cernavodă Bridge
- Danube Bridge to Bulgaria[21]
- New Europe Bridge – 2013, single track[22]
- Podul Grant
Russia
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Current
- 777 Bridge
- Borsky Bridge
- Crimean Bridge over Kerch Strait
- Double-deck vertical-lift bridge over the Pregolya in Kaliningrad[69]
- Imperial Bridge
- Khabarovsk Bridge over the Amur River
- Komsomolsk-on-Amur Bridge over the Amur River
- Lodeynopolsky Bridge
- Luzhniki Metro Bridge
- Metro Bridge (Nizhny Novgorod)
- Nadym River Bridge
- Severodvinsk Bridge
Former
- 60 Years Of Victory Bridge – rail inactive (Omsk Metro cancelled)
- Kichkassky Bridge
Serbia
- Ada Bridge (rail track under construction)
- Pančevo Bridge
- Road–Railway Bridge (same carriageway, temporary, demolished 2018/19)
- Žeželj Bridge
- Rača Bridge (same carriageway until 2010, when a dedicated road bridge was built next to it)
- Orlovat Bridge (same carriageway)
- Titel Bridge
Singapore
Current
- Tuas Viaduct between Gul Circle and Tuas West Road stations[70]
Former
- Anderson Bridge, tram tracks were removed in 1927.
- Elgin Bridge, tram tracks were removed and bridge was rebuilt in 1926.
Slovakia
- Prístavný most (Harbour Bridge) over Danube river from Bratislava center to Petržalka district
South Africa
Current
- Bruce-Bayes Bridge over the Buffalo River in East London – double-decker bridge carrying road traffic on its upper deck & rail traffic on its lower deck[71][72][73]
- Bridge over the Touws River in Wilderness, east of Half Collared Kingfisher Trail's starting point
- Bridge over the Umkomazi River in Umkomaas, carrying the R102 & the Durban–Port Shepstone rail line[74]
- Bridge over the Umzimkulu River in Port Shepstone, carrying the R102 & the Durban–Port Shepstone rail line[75]
- Hennie Steyn Bridge (near Bethulie) – one of the longest bridges in South Africa[76][77]
- Tugela Railway Bridge – in Mandeni, near the Tugela Steel Bridge[78][79]
Former
- Alfred Beit Bridge over the Limpopo River, connecting Musina, South Africa and Beitbridge, Zimbabwe[80] – road traffic moved to nearby Alfred Beit Road Bridge in 1995[81]
Sri Lanka
- Manampitiya Bridge over the Mahaweli River – This narrow bridge is used only for rail since 2006.[82][83]
- Oddamavadi Bridge (Valaichchenai Bridge) across Valaichchenai Lagoon in Eastern Province – Railway-only since April 2010.[82][84]
Sweden
- Øresund Bridge – 8 km long two-level bridge. Road (four lane) on top, rail (two tracks) below.
- A few narrow same-track combined road-rail bridges:
- in Oxberg (
) - in Sveg (
) - north of Moskosel (
). - in Kristianstad (industry railway, road in the same track)
- in Norrköping (industry railway, road next to the rail)
- in Oxberg (
- Traneberg Bridge – in Stockholm, combined road and subway/metro rail bridge.
- Skanstull Bridge – in Stockholm, combined road and subway/metro rail bridge.
- Lidingöbron – 1 km long parallel road and rail (two separate bridges). The road bridge was built 1971; before that the old bridge had road and double track railway in the same carriageway.
Switzerland
The Bernina railway shares a bridge over the river Poschiavino at Campocologno just north of the Swiss-Italian border.
Both railways operated by Aare Seeland Mobil go over three combined bridges each. Four of these bridges cross the river Aare, one crosses a highway.
Thailand
Current
Former
- Chulachomklao Bridge
- Chulalongkorn Bridge
- Rama VI Bridge (separated in 2003)
Turkey
- Gülüşkür Bridge - Crosses the Keban Dam in eastern Turkey.
- Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge - Crosses the Bosphorus Straight, north of Istanbul. The bridge opened in 2016 with space allocated for a double-track railway which is still under construction.
Uganda
Ukraine
- Kyiv Metro Bridge – Automobile traffic & Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line
- New Darnytskyi Bridge
- Pivdennyi Bridge – Kyiv Metro Syretsko–Pecherska line and M06 (E40) highway
- Preobrazhensky Bridge
United Kingdom
Current
- Preston Dock Swing Bridge, Lancashire. Road traffic and pedestrians controlled by barriers from the lock control room. Still used by The Ribble Steam Railway and tour trains visiting from the main line, still running in 2012 the bridge is used for delivery of bitumen by railway to the Preston Total Bitumen plant. On arrival from Total's oil refinery in Immingham, North Lincolnshire, the tankers are parked at the exchange sidings. The steam railway staff divide the trains and shunt the tankers into Total Bitumen's siding for the bitumen processing and distribution plant, later reforming the trains for their return journey to Immingham.
- Britannia Bridge Robert Stephenson's famous, formerly 'tubular' railway bridge across the Menai Strait in Wales. Rebuilt as a road and rail bridge after a major fire in 1970.
- High Level Bridge Newcastle upon Tyne.
- King George V Bridge, Keadby, North Lincolnshire. Carries the A18 and the Doncaster–Scunthorpe railway across the River Trent. Opened in 1916, Althorpe railway station is on the western bank of the Trent, very close to the bridge, which has not lifted for some years.
- Belfast cross-harbour bridge, opened 1994–1995. See The Motorway Archive
- Kingsferry road and rail bridge, Isle of Sheppey. Built in 1960, until 2006 this was the only road crossing to the island. The bridge opens 20 times each day.
- Porthmadog, Wales, on the Welsh Highland Railway, Shared by this narrow gauge line and the main road through the town.
- Pont Briwet, over River Dwyryd, near Penrhyndeudraeth, North Wales – single track rail of the Cambrian Coast Line, beside wide single-carriageway road; re-opened in summer 2015 after major repairs.
Former
- Craigavon Bridge, is a double decker bridge located in Derry, Northern Ireland and is still in operation as a road bridge, it served as a rail bridge from its opening until the 1950s,
- Connel Bridge, near Oban, Scotland, was shared until the railway closed in the 1960s. A cantilever bridge.
- Ashton Avenue Bridge, Bristol road rail swing bridge.
- Queen Alexandra Bridge, still in road (A1231) use across the River Wear between Deptford and Southwick in Sunderland, mineral railway abandoned in 1921 after 12 years' use.
- Newhaven Harbour, East Sussex, swing bridge standard gauge harbour branch shared with main coast road to Brighton, closed about 1962.
- Runcorn Railway Bridge – rail; pedestrian bridge alongside was open until 1965.
- Cross Keys Bridge, on the Norfolk /Lincolnshire border, both sides now in use for road traffic. Swing Bridge
United States
- Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel – a road-rail tunnel
- I Street Bridge carries two tracks of Amtrak/Union Pacific Railroad and two lanes of State Route 16 between Sacramento and West Sacramento.
- San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge carried two tracks of Key System between San Francisco and Oakland from 1936 until 1963.
- Mare Island Causeway is a lift bridge that links Mare Island to Vallejo, California, carrying a railroad track and a street.[86]
- Pit River Bridge across Lake Shasta- 4 lanes of Interstate 5 and also Union Pacific Railroad
- Acosta Bridge – Carries two monorail tracks for the JTA Skyway and six lanes of State Road 13 in Jacksonville.
- Cherry Avenue Bridge – rail inactive since 2019.
- Lake Street Bridge – rail on upper deck (CTA Green & Pink Line) road on lower deck, bascule bridge.
- McKinley Bridge – rail removed in 1978.
- Wells Street Bridge – rail on upper deck (CTA Brown & Purple Line Express), road on lower deck, bascule bridge.
- Fort Madison Toll Bridge – rail on lower deck, road on upper deck
- Government Bridge – rail on upper deck, road on lower deck, swing-span bridge
- Keokuk Rail Bridge – rail on lower deck, disused road on upper deck, swing-span bridge above Lock and Dam No. 19.
- Kentucky & Indiana Terminal Bridge – Truss bridge between Louisville, Kentucky and New Albany, Indiana over the Ohio River. Road portion closed in 1979 when roadway collapsed under an overweight truck.
- Almonaster Avenue Bridge – Bascule drawbridge in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Florida Avenue Bridge – Vertical lift drawbridge in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Huey P. Long Bridge – Truss bridge in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
- Huey P. Long Bridge – Truss bridge in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
- St. Claude Avenue Bridge – former road and rail bridge, nowadays it serves automotive and pedestrian traffic. New Orleans
- Carlton Bridge – rail on lower deck, carried U.S. Route 1 on the upper deck until 2000
- Charlestown Bridge carried the elevated MBTA Orange Line from 1901 to 1975 as well as a streetcar until 1949
- Harvard Bridge carried a streetcar over the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge until 1949
- Longfellow Bridge – Four lane road with the MBTA Red Line in the median of the bridge.
- Summer Street Bridge carried a streetcar over Fort Point Channel until 1953
- Portage Lake Lift Bridge connecting Hancock and Houghton. The world's heaviest and largest double deck vertical lift bridge. 4-lane road on upper deck, rail on lower deck (converted to trail). The lower deck was also paved so the bridge could be placed in an intermediate position to allow road traffic only.
- Camp Ripley Bridge
- Oliver Bridge connecting Duluth, Minnesota and Oliver, Wisconsin. Rail on upper deck, road on lower deck.
- Washington Avenue Bridge – in Minneapolis across the Mississippi River. Opened in 1965, rail (Green Line light rail) added in 2011.
- Second Hannibal Bridge in Kansas City, Missouri across the Missouri River. Opened in 1917, had a road deck until 1956, when another bridge was built, but the rail deck is presently in use. Evidence of the road deck is still plainly visible.
- ASB Bridge in Kansas City, Missouri, across the Missouri River. Opened in 1911, it carried vehicular traffic until 1987, when new span was built. Bridge is unique that lower part is a vertical lift drawbridge, while without interrupting traffic on the upper deck.
- Eads Bridge in St. Louis, Missouri across the Mississippi River. Opened in 1874. It carries the road traffic on the upper deck and the St. Louis MetroLink on the lower deck.
- MacArthur Bridge over the Mississippi, connecting St. Louis, Missouri and East St. Louis, Illinois. It originally had an upper vehicular roadway deck above the railroad deck, which was removed in stages (1981–2010).
- Sarah Mildred Long Bridge – Vertical lift bridge over the Piscataqua River, connecting Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Kittery, Maine. It is primarily a road bridge, but it includes a rail line which occasionally carries freight to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (which is actually in Kittery.)
- Wells River Bridge - Baltimore truss over the Connecticut River between Woodsville, New Hampshire and Wells River, Vermont. Built in 1903 for road and rail traffic, the bridge became rail only in 1917 and was disused in 2001.
- Benjamin Franklin Bridge – Suspension bridge carrying I-676 and PATCO Speedline trains over the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Camden, New Jersey.
- Broadway Bridge – Road and the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line over the Harlem River
- Brooklyn Bridge – A road bridge that also carried elevated rapid transit service until 1944
- Manhattan Bridge – Road and the B, D, N and Q trains of the New York City Subway
- Queensboro Bridge – A road bridge that also carried elevated rapid transit service until the early 1940s.
- Railroad St. Bridge – Rome, New York – Railroad St. and Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern Railroad share right-of-way on bridge.
- Roosevelt Avenue (Flushing River) Bridge - double deck bascule span with IRT Flushing Line elevated line on upper level and Roosevelt Avenue on lower level over Flushing River, completed 1928
- Westchester Avenue Bridge - Road and the IRT Pelham Line over the Bronx River
- Williamsburg Bridge – Road and the BMT Nassau Street Line of the New York City Subway
- Whirlpool Rapids Bridge, Niagara Falls, New York, carries passenger rail on the upper level, road on the lower level between Ontario and New York
- Clay Wade Bailey Bridge/C&O Railroad Bridge – Cincinnati to Newport, Kentucky over the Ohio River. (Technically, these are two separate bridges, but they are spaced very closely adjacent to each other and built on common piers.)
- Steel Bridge – A through truss, double lift bridge across the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon Carrying pedestrian, rail, automobile, bus, and MAX Light Rail, making it one of the most multi-modal bridges in the world.
- Tilikum Crossing – Closed to private automobiles, this crossing in Portland carries MAX Light Rail, the Portland Streetcar, bus, and pedestrian traffic.
- Girard Avenue Bridge - carries the SEPTA Route 15 trolley over the Schuylkill River
- Harahan Bridge (formerly) - Through truss bridge across the Mississippi River connecting Memphis, Tennessee to West Memphis, Arkansas. Built for two railroad tracks and two one-lane "wagonways" cantilevered outside the through truss. Vehicular traffic moved to Memphis & Arkansas Bridge in 1949; though the original decks on both "wagonways" were removed, one of them was rebuilt for pedestrian/bicycle use in 2016.
- The Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge will carry 2 Line light rail trains
Uzbekistan
- Amu Darya Bridge is the first bridge between Khorezm and Karakalpakstan, opened March 2004. It only has one track with the rails embedded into tarmac, used for trains and cars, one direction at a time, and is 681 m long. It now doubles the pontoon bridge that was the only link between Khorezm and the rest of Uzbekistan.
- See above for the cross-border bridge to Afghanistan
Venezuela
Vietnam
Summarize
Perspective
Many Vietnamese mainline railway bridges have small paths or roads (for pedestrians, bikes, mopeds & other small vehicles that can fit) attached to one or both of their sides. Some of these paths are wider, which supports larger & heavier vehicles.
This list covers railway bridges in Vietnam that have these paths fixed on their sides (unless stated otherwise). The list may not cover all existing Vietnamese road-rail bridges & may not update future changes to the bridges listed below.
- Cẩm Lý Bridge[87] – same carriageway for large vehicles (one-way road/Kép–Hạ Long railway)[88]
- Thị Cầu Railway Bridge[89]
- Ghềnh Bridge
- Rạch Cát Bridge
- Đuống Bridge – also allows large vehicles under 13 tonnes
- Long Biên Bridge
- Thăng Long Bridge – Ringway 3 on upper deck, Bắc Hồng–Văn Điển railway on lower deck
- Thọ Tường Bridge[92]
- Cẩm Giàng Bridge – currently prohibits large vehicles[93]
- Phú Lương Railway Bridge
- Quay Bridge
- Bến Đền Bridge[100] – same carriageway for large vehicles (one-way road/Phố Lu–Pom Hán railway)[101]
- Phố Lu Railway Bridge – similar with the Bến Đền Bridge, road access currently closed[102]
- Mương Mán Bridge[103]
- Sông Lũy Railway Bridge – immediately north of Sông Lũy Station
- Yên Xuân Railway Bridge
- Ninh Bình Bridge
- Việt Trì Bridge – also allows large vehicles under 2 tonnes
- Ga Bridge[106] – formerly also allows large vehicles
- Long Đại Railway Bridge[107] – same carriageway for large vehicles (one-way road/North–South railway)[108]
- Minh Lệ Bridge[109]
- Mỹ Trạch Bridge[110]
- Phú Hòa Railway Bridge[111]
- Tiên An Bridge[112]
- Đò Lèn Railway Bridge[113]
- Hàm Rồng Bridge – also allows large vehicles under 10 tonnes
Zambia
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- Kazungula Bridge – carries road traffic, pedestrians & rail traffic across the Zambezi near Kazungula, between Zambia & Botswana
- Victoria Falls Bridge over the Zambezi near the Victoria Falls, connecting Zambia & Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe
Current
- Victoria Falls Bridge over the Zambezi near the Victoria Falls, between Zimbabwe and Zambia.
Former
- Alfred Beit Bridge over the Limpopo River, connecting Beitbridge, Zimbabwe and Musina, South Africa[80] – road traffic moved to nearby Alfred Beit Road Bridge in 1995[81]
Temporary
During wartime and other emergencies, rail tracks on bridges are sometimes paved to allow road traffic to proceed. Examples include the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen bridge in Germany.
After a landslide on the Stromeferry road in Scotland in 2012, a 150m section of the parallel railway was paved with rubber tiles to allow road traffic to avoid a 250 km detour.[114]
Proposed
Bahrain & Qatar – Qatar–Bahrain Friendship Bridge
Bangladesh – New Kalurghat Bridge[115]- Democratic Republic of the Congo & Republic of the Congo – Brazzaville–Kinshasa Bridge[116][117]
Djibouti & Yemen – Bridge of the Horns[118][119]
India & Sri Lanka – Palk Strait Bridge
Indonesia – Bali Strait Bridge, Sunda Strait Bridge
Italy – Strait of Messina Bridge
Latvia – Bridge over the Daugava (Rail Baltica, near Salaspils)[120]
Portugal – Third Tagus Crossing[121]
Venezuela – Nigale Bridge (Lake Maracaibo)[122]
Vietnam – Cần Thơ 2 Bridge[123]
Under construction
 | The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (April 2023) |
- China – Baijusi Yangtze River Bridge (8-lane highway and CRT line 18)
- China – Changtai Yangtze River Bridge (S30 and Taichang ICR)
- China – Guojiatuo Yangtze River Bridge (8-lane road and CRT line 8)
- China – Humen Road-Railway Bridge (road and Shenzhan HSR)
- China – Libu Yangtze River Road-Railway Bridge (G55 and Jingyue ICR)
- China – Lingang Yangtze River Bridge (road and Chuannan ICR)
- China – Linyu Yangtze River Bridge (road and Line 1 of Luzhou Rail Transit)
- China – Ma'anshan Yangtze River Road-Railway Bridge (6-lane highway and Chaoma ICR)
- China – Taichang Yangtze River Bridge (Ruchang Expressway and Taichang ICR)
- China – Tongling Yangtze River road-railway Bridge of G3 (G3, Hewen HSR and Tongling Rail Transit)
- Finland – Crown Bridges[124]
- Iran – Persian Gulf Bridge[125]
- Portugal – Ferreirinha Bridge[126][127]
- Taiwan – Danjiang Bridge (light rail cross)
- Ukraine – Podilskyi Bridge
See also
References
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