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Jul 1973
Railroad Crossings at Berwick Bay
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Volume 99, Issue 1
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Modifications are made to a main-line single track railroad draw bridge across a much used wateway connecting the industrial Gulf Coast with the areas served by the Mississippi River. The outmoded draw bridge was a deterrent to the safe passage of vessels using this waterway. Two existing trusses near the center of the crossing are replaced by a 370-ft (113-m) vertical lift span to provide better alignment and greater width to the navigation channel through the bridge. The remains of an earlier bridge near this site required the extraction of old timber pile tips from a water depth of 70 ft (21 m). Numerous collisions to the structure by tows hampered the new construction and emphasized the need for improvements made to the structure. The change-out of the existing spans with the new span interrupted rail traffic for only 14 hrs. The history and many changes over the period of service of this railroad crossing are examined
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Journal of the Construction Division
Volume 99 • Issue 1 • July 1973
Pages: 93 - 113
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© 1973 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Jul 1973
Published online: Feb 11, 2021
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Thomas E. Petermann, M.ASCE
Constr. Engr., Massman Constr. Co., Kansas City, MO.
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