Nice capture Kevin. This is the only combined bridge of this type but I believe there is still another combined bridge still in use in the South Island. The combined wooden truss bridge over Arahura River on this line survived until 2009. www.google.co.nz/?gws_rd=ssl#q=arahura+bridge+new+zealand There were many such bridges in New Zealand, including the original Rakaia bridge, NZ's longest at 1.7Km (over a mile long.)
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This bridge will rail only once a new highway bridge is built (with construction tenders already called.)
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I'd be scared to death driving on this bridge.
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| Posted by Tom on October 28, 2016 | |
Cool ! Go for it !!
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All that signage, and nothing to suggest oncoming trains?
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There are crossing signs and warning signs on the road approaches. Speed limit for trains apparently just 10Km/h. For heavy road vehicles it is 20Km/h but apparently 100Km/h (60 MPH) for other road vehicles! There are just 2 trains a day on this line.
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Like the train dodge in Stand By Me.
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| Posted by Thomas on October 29, 2016 | |
Locomotive engineer's nightmare!
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There is a bridge like this in northern British Columbia, at the north end of the former BC Rail, just south of Fort Nelson. Very interesting operation.
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Bridge is apparently so weak that heavy vehicles must slow down, yet a train that weighs much more than a "vehicle" is allowed to cross?
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Don't think there are issues with bridge structurally apart maybe from road decking which is being removed after highway bridge is built. In reality speed of road vehicles is lower than speed limit for odvious safety reasons.
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