Sciotoville Bridge

The Sciotoville Bridge is a steel continuous truss bridge carrying railway tracks belonging to CSX Transportation[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.

Sciotoville Bridge
View of Sciotoville Bridge in March 2007
Coordinates	38.752878°N 82.885773°W
Carries	Two tracks of CSX Transportation
Crosses	Ohio River
Locale	Siloam Junction, Kentucky and Sciotoville, Ohio, USA
Maintained by	CSX Transportation
Characteristics
Design	continuous truss bridge
Total length	1,550 feet
Longest span	775 feet
History
Opened	1916
Location

The bridge is continuous across two 775-foot-long (236 m) 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.

See also

• List of crossings of the Ohio River
• List of longest continuous truss bridge spans

References

1. William D. Middletown. "Colossus on the Ohio". Archived from the original on 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2007-06-23.
2. Durkee, Jackson, "World's Longest Bridge Spans" Archived 2002-06-01 at the Wayback Machine, National Steel Bridge Alliance, May 24, 1999

• Cook, Richard J. (1987). The Beauty of Railroad Bridges in North America -- Then and Now. San Marino, California (USA): Golden West Books. ISBN 0-87095-097-5.

External links

• C&O Sciotoville Bridge at Bridges & Tunnels
• Colossus on the Ohio at Minford, Ohio Schools
• True story involving the Sciotoville Bridge Dipping Ice Cream

Aerial view of the bridge and surroundings