Sciotoville Bridge
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The Sciotoville Bridge is a steel continuous truss bridge
carrying tracks of the CSX
railroad across the Ohio River
between Siloam - a junction located north of Limeville, Kentucky and east of South Shore, Kentucky
- and Sciotoville, Ohio
in the United States
. Designed by Gustav Lindenthal
, the bridge was constructed in 1916 by Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
subsidiary Chesapeake and Ohio Northern Railway as part of a new route between Ashland, Kentucky
and Columbus, Ohio
.
The bridge is continuous across two 775 feet (236.2 m) spans, and is considered an engineering marvel. It held the record for longest continuous truss span in the world from its opening until 1945.
Today the bridge is used by CSX Transportation
, one of the seven major Class 1 railroads operating in North America
.
Continuous truss bridge
A continuous truss bridge is a truss bridge which extends without hinges or joints across three or more supports. A continuous truss bridge may use less material than a series of simple trusses because a continuous truss distributes live loads across all the spans; in a series of simple trusses,...
carrying tracks of the CSX
CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation operates a Class I railroad in the United States known as the CSX Railroad. It is the main subsidiary of the CSX Corporation. The company is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, and owns approximately 21,000 route miles...
railroad across the Ohio River
Ohio River
The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. At the confluence, the Ohio is even bigger than the Mississippi and, thus, is hydrologically the main stream of the whole river system, including the Allegheny River further upstream...
between Siloam - a junction located north of Limeville, Kentucky and east of South Shore, Kentucky
South Shore, Kentucky
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,226 people, 539 households, and 335 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,916.9 people per square mile . There were 605 housing units at an average density of 945.9 per square mile...
- and Sciotoville, Ohio
Sciotoville, Ohio
Sciotoville is a populated place in the city of Portsmouth in Scioto County, Ohio. It is located at the intersection of U.S. 52 and State Route 335 between the village of New Boston and Wheelersburg in Scioto County along the northern bank of the Ohio River...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Designed by Gustav Lindenthal
Gustav Lindenthal
Gustav Lindenthal was a civil engineer who designed the Hell Gate Bridge among other bridges.Lindenthal's work was greatly affected by his pursuit for perfection and his love of art. His structures not only serve the purpose they were designed for, but are aesthetically pleasing to the public eye...
, the bridge was constructed in 1916 by Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway was a Class I railroad formed in 1869 in Virginia from several smaller Virginia railroads begun in the 19th century. Led by industrialist Collis P...
subsidiary Chesapeake and Ohio Northern Railway as part of a new route between Ashland, Kentucky
Ashland, Kentucky
Ashland, formerly known as Poage Settlement, is a city in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States, nestled along the banks of the Ohio River. The population was 21,981 at the 2000 census. Ashland is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area . As of the 2000 census, the...
and Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
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The bridge is continuous across two 775 feet (236.2 m) spans, and is considered an engineering marvel. It held the record for longest continuous truss span in the world from its opening until 1945.
Today the bridge is used by CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation operates a Class I railroad in the United States known as the CSX Railroad. It is the main subsidiary of the CSX Corporation. The company is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, and owns approximately 21,000 route miles...
, one of the seven major Class 1 railroads operating in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
.