Road–rail bridges are bridges shared by road and rail lines. Road and rail may be segregated so that trains may operate at the same time as cars (e.g., the Sydney Harbour Bridge ). The rail track can be above the roadway or vice versa with truss bridges. Road and rail may share the same carriageway so that road traffic must stop when the trains operate (like a level crossing ), or operate together like a tram in a street ( street running ).
4-598: The Zhicheng Yangtze River Bridge is a road-rail truss bridge across the Yangtze River at Zhicheng , Hubei Province in central China. The bridge is 1,742.3 metres (5,716 ft) long and carries two tracks of the Jiaozuo–Liuzhou Railway and road traffic. The bridge, built from 1965 to 1971, was the third road-rail crossing on the lower 2,884 km (1,792 mi) of the Yangtze below Yibin . Planning for
8-1411: The Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge and Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge and the fourth overall, after the Baishatuo Yangtze River Railway Bridge in Chongqing . For 15 months from 2012 to 2014, the bridge was closed for repairs. List of road-rail bridges Road–rail bridges are sometimes called combined bridges . 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 A 1930 report listed 33 bridges and estimated that
12-490: The Zhicheng Yangtze River bridge began in 1958. Construction began on November 26, 1965. The original plans called for only a rail bridge, but in the spring of 1970, Premier Zhou Enlai approved a proposal to add roadway lanes to either side of the rail tracks. The bridge opened on December 26, 1971, Mao Zedong 's birthday. At the time, the bridge was the third road-rail bridge across the Yangtze below Yibin, after
16-585: The cost of bridge-keepers, extra maintenance for the decks, etc. amounted to £15,500 a year, as against £4,307 paid to NZR. Railway Track under Metro Bus Track on Gate of Rawalpindi City near Marirh Chowk Muree Road Rawalpindi 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
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