February 2005
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February 2005:  Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge              Cape Cod, Massachusetts

 

      This railroad lift bridge was built between 1933 and 1935 over the Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts.  The center span is 544 feet, with a 136 foot clearance over the water.  The bottom right image here shows a train on the bridge.  The other images show the bridge in various stages of lift; it is maintained in the raised position to facilitate marine navigation until it must be lowered for an approaching train.  Prior to this bridge, there was a double track Strauss trunnion bascule bridge, built in 1910 over a narrower canal.  Katie Mahoney maintains an informative website devoted to this bridge at http://web.bryant.edu/~history/h364proj/sprg_00/knm1/

 

 

Text and photography (c) Steven M. Richman 2003.  All rights reserved.