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jfrancho
29th of May 2005 (Sun), 15:54
The legend has it that the railroad company built this bridge upside down over the Erie Canal to block shipping boats, and ultimately put the canal operators out of business. It was probably just less expensive to build this way. The bridge is still in use today.

http://plan-b.smugmug.com/photos/23352035-M.jpg
jfrancho
29th of May 2005 (Sun), 22:37
From another angle:

http://plan-b.smugmug.com/photos/23352031-M.jpg
GeForceFX
30th of May 2005 (Mon), 04:49
that's weird :D
jfrancho
30th of May 2005 (Mon), 09:27
The second looks a ps trick, to me.
Belmondo
30th of May 2005 (Mon), 09:54
This is an inverted Howe Truss bridge. It was not unusual for railroads to build them in this manner over gaps that were deep enough to accommodate the structure underneath the tracks. I suppose the advantages were elimination of problems with vertical clearances and ease of maintenance.
jfrancho
30th of May 2005 (Mon), 10:03
This is an inverted Howe Truss bridge. It was not unusual for railroads to build them in this manner over gaps that were deep enough to accommodate the structure underneath the tracks. I suppose the advantages were elimination of problems with vertical clearances and ease of maintenance.Thanks for the ID. I wonder if the workers were paid a lower wage, since it wasn't as high?