Sciotoville Bridge Explained

Bridge Name:Sciotoville Bridge
Carries:Two tracks of CSX Transportation
Crosses:Ohio River
Locale:Siloam Junction, Kentucky and Sciotoville, Ohio, USA
Maint:CSX Transportation
Design:continuous truss bridge
Mainspan:775feet
Length:1550feet
Open:1916
Coordinates:38.7529°N -82.8858°W

The Sciotoville Bridge is a steel continuous truss bridge carrying CSX Transportation railroad tracks[1] 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 775adj=midNaNadj=mid spans,[2] and is considered an engineering marvel. It held the record for longest continuous truss span in the world from its opening until 1945.

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  1. Web site: Colossus on the Ohio. 2007-06-23. William D. Middletown . https://web.archive.org/web/20070311235551/http://www.minford.k12.oh.us/mhs/history/PortsmouthHistory/SciotovilleRRBridge/Jan2004article.htm . 2007-03-11.
  2. Durkee, Jackson, "World's Longest Bridge Spans", National Steel Bridge Alliance, May 24, 1999