Kinzua Viaduct

[WoundedBear]

Why did you highlight "rail road"? I don't understand the point you are trying to make.

Is the taller bridge, that I gave you the link to, not a rail road bridge? The stats would seem to indicate the Kinzua is a tad shorter than the High Level.

Sid

[Conrail Quality]

I think he's trying to contrast "railroad" and "railway". At least, that's what it seems like to me .

[Frog Pulling Team]

 

[SteamGene]

Froggy,
It looks like the High Level Bridge is a railroad bridge.  It also appears to be longer and taller.   I don't remember the build dates.  Perhaps the Kinzua viaduct WAS the longest/tallest and just isn't anymore.  For a long time the Golden Gate Bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world and the Empire State Building was the tallest building.  Neither are any more.
Gene

[Frog Pulling Team]

Well I can tell ya the Kinzua Bridge isnt the talest any more.






When built the Kinzue Viduct was the 8th wonder of the world.

[ebtnut]

At the time it was built, Kinzua was the longest and highest, but subsequent events change things.  I think the Lethbridge viaduct may be the longest and highest steel bridge.  The Tunkhannock viaduct is, of course, poured concrete.  It was built around 1910, when the DL&W was rebuilding itself into a high-speed bridge line.  They also built a whole new line across north Jersey as part of the same project.