Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge

Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge
NS / Amtrak Fort Wayne Line
Official name	Bridge No. 1, Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway
Characteristics
Total length	985 feet (300 m) 5 spans
Longest span	319 feet (97 m)
Clearance below	deck is 40.9 feet (12.5 m) above Emsworth Dam normal pool level (710 feet (220 m) above sea level)
History
Built	1901–1904
Location

The Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge, listed as the Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge on the National Register of Historic Places, is a

The upper deck carries the

The bridge was built between 1901 and 1904 by American Bridge Company on new piers immediately next to the 1868 bridge it replaced while the old bridge remained in use.^{[citation needed]}

The 1868 bridge was a five-span wrought-iron lattice truss built for the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway with two simple plate girder spans as approach roads at each end.

In 1918 the bridge and associated approaches were raised (as were other neighboring bridges) to increase navigable headroom.

The lower level was used by local freight trains switching in the

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  Center span, from a parking lot
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  From south bank

See also

• List of crossings of the Allegheny River

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge.

• Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge at Structurae