List of road–rail bridges

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Road–rail bridges are bridges shared by road and rail lines. Road and rail may be segregated so that trains may operate at the same time as cars (e.g., the Sydney Harbour Bridge). The rail track can be above the roadway or vice versa with truss bridges. Road and rail may share the same carriageway so that road traffic must stop when the trains operate (like a level crossing), or operate together like a tram in a street (street running).

Road–rail bridges are sometimes called combined bridges.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25406408 |title=ROAD AND RAILWAY BRIDGE. |newspaper=The Mercury |location=Hobart, Tas. |date=16 June 1937 |access-date=1 July 2011 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}

{{Incomplete list|date=August 2008}}

Afghanistan

Argentina

Australia

= Current =

= Former =

Image:ParingaBridgeApproachFromRenmark.jpg showing bicycle path on former railway through the middle]]

  • Menindee – separated in the 1970s.
  • Penrith – separated in 1907 by construction of separate railway bridge.
  • Tocumwal – separated by construction of adjacent road-only bridge in 1987.Tocumwal Bridge Tender Announced Railway Digest September 1985 page 267
  • Murray Bridge{{cite web| url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5627866| title = 05 Feb 1919 - RAILWAY AFFAIRS. - Trove| newspaper = Advertiser| date = 5 February 1919}} from the opening of the railway in 1886 until a separate rail bridge was opened in 1925.
  • Paringa Bridge, from its opening in 1927{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40760328 |title=The Paringa Bridge |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=28 January 1927 |access-date=6 March 2012 |page=14 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}Road-Rail Bridge at Paringa Keeping Track issue 71 April 1974 page 1 until the Barmera railway line closed in 1982.The Paringa Lift Span Bridge Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin issue 726 April 1998 pages 139-142 The railway area was converted to a cycleway in 1986. Originally one lane of traffic and the railway shared the area within the truss spans, but a single-lane deck was later attached to either outer side of the trusses to separate road and rail traffic.
  • EchucaMoama, opened in 1879, road only since adjacent rail-only bridge opened in 1989.{{Victorian Rail-Newsrail|title=A short history of the Echuca Bridge|month=1|year=2023|page=15}}
  • Gonn Crossing, 1926, on the Stony Crossing railway line. Road only since the rail line closed in 1964.
  • Robinvale, 1927, as part of the Robinvale railway line. Road only after construction of the line was abandoned in 1943. Replaced by a new road bridge in 2006.Australian Railway History June 2013 page 10
  • Camden Rail bridge attached to the road bridge until line closure in 1963.
  • North Richmond, Rail bridge attached to the road bridge on the Kurrajong railway line until line closure in 1952.
  • Bridgewater Bridge, Hobart, carried Midland Highway and South railway lineMotive Power April 2009 page 117[https://web.archive.org/web/20201210200819/https://www.tasmaniantimes.com/2020/09/retaining-bridgewater-bridge-for-rail/ Retaining Bridgewater Bridge for Rail] Tasmanian Times 3 September 2020

Bangladesh

Botswana

  • Kazungula Bridge[https://www.railwaysafrica.com/projects/kazungula-bridge-project Kazungula bridge]

Brazil

Bulgaria

Cameroon

  • Wouri River bridge, in Douala – almost unserviceable because of poor condition{{cite web|url=http://www.railserve.com/Freight/World/|title=Freight Rail Carriers, Rail Freight Transport & Freight Railways|website=www.railserve.com|access-date=3 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.railserve.com/jump/jump.cgi?ID=15391|title=Camrail - The Cameroon railways|last=Rietsch|first=Pierre-Noël|website=www.railserve.com|access-date=3 January 2018}}
  • BonabériDouala over Wouri River estuary

Canada

;Alberta:

;British Columbia:

;Nova Scotia:

;Ontario:

;Québec:

;Saskatchewan:

China (mainland)

= Current =

;Across Yangtze River:

{{main|Bridges and tunnels across the Yangtze River}}

From upstream to esturay: Yibin Jinsha River Road–Rail Bridge, Lingang Yangtze River Bridge, Linyu Yangtze River Bridge, Second Luzhou Yangtze River Bridge, Dingshan Bridge, Yudong Yangtze River Bridge, Baijusi Yangtze River Bridge, Caiyuanba Bridge, Dongshuimen Yangtze River Bridge, Chaotianmen Bridge, Guojiatuo Yangtze River Bridge, Zhicheng Yangtze River Bridge, Jingzhou Yangtze River Road-Railway Bridge, Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, Tianxingzhou Yangtze River Bridge, Huanggang Yangtze River Bridge, Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge, Tongling Yangtze River Road-Railway Bridge, Third Wuhu Yangtze River Bridge, Wuhu Yangtze River Bridge, Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, Wufengshan Yangtze River Bridge, Husutong Yangtze River Bridge

;Across other rivers than Yangtze River:

= Former =

Czech Republic

  • Bechyně. In 1928 a bridge was constructed to carry the railway line and road from Tábor into Bechyně. Previously the line had stopped on the other side of a deep gorge from the town and access was by way of a steep road and narrow bridge. The rail line runs in the roadway for 100 m and traffic stopped by lights as for a grade crossing.{{cite web|url=http://www.mestobechyne.cz/english/electric-railway/elinka-the-electric-railway.html|title=Electric railway - The town of Bechyně|first=as4u.cz|last=s.r.o.|website=www.mestobechyne.cz|access-date=3 January 2018}}

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Denmark

Egypt

  • Proposed road-rail tunnel under Suez Canal{{cite web |url=http://www.railwaysafrica.com/2010/07/tunnel-under-suez/ |title=TUNNEL UNDER SUEZ | Railways Africa |access-date=2010-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729113049/http://www.railwaysafrica.com/2010/07/tunnel-under-suez/ |archive-date=2010-07-29 }}
  • Suez Canal road rail bridge at El Hammad{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12641632 |title=TROOP MOVES IN SUEZ. |newspaper=The Sun-Herald |location=Sydney |date=24 January 1954 |access-date=6 March 2012 |page=80 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}

Estonia

Fiji

  • On Viti Levu the CSR Company was obliged to provide road-rail bridges when it built bridges for the Cane Trains to their sugar mills, e.g. the two largest bridges over the Ba and Sigatoka Rivers. Many are now rail-only as separate road bridges has been built.
  • The Ba Bridge ({{convert|550|ft|m|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}}) has 19 spans, 17 standard spans ({{convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}}) and a short span at each end, and has been rail-only for many years. The Sigatoka Bridge ({{convert|810|ft|m|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}}) has 27 spans. Both bridges are prone to hurricane damage due to extra flow of water; the Ba Bridge often disappears under water but is not always damaged (see Cane Trains).
  • Sigatoka Bridge was washed away by storms, January 2009.The Weekend Australian January 17–18, 2009 p16
  • Labasa River - Sugar cane tramway; 610mm gauge; proposed. Light Railways 2024 April, p33

Finland

France

Germany

= Wartime =

Ghana

  • Unknown location with YouTube movie{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Oa9CBUfOww |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/-Oa9CBUfOww |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Ghana Bridge Crossing|last=nomadadventures|date=19 April 2008|access-date=3 January 2018|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}

Guatemala

Hong Kong

{{See also|List of railway bridges and viaducts in Hong Kong}}

= Current =

  • Lantau Link
  • Tsing Ma Bridge (longest bridge span for road and rail traffic in the world){{cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-bridge-span-for-road-and-rail-traffic|title=Longest bridge span for road and rail traffic|publisher=wguinnessworldrecords.com|access-date=16 May 2021}}
  • Ma Wan Viaduct
  • Kap Shui Mun Bridge
  • {{ill|Hoi Wong Road|yue|%e6%b5%b7%e7%9a%87%e8%b7%af}} across Tuen Mun River estuary{{cite web|url=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&safe=off&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=%E6%B5%B7%E7%9A%87%E8%B7%AF&ll=22.37879,113.972468&spn=0.014008,0.027874&z=16&brcurrent=3,0x3403fb3b950dba4f:0xf6e98875cffa2a82,0,0x3403e4eb267ce625:0x78f6d847f52f2da9&layer=c&cbll=22.378913,113.968097&panoid=w9i9Ij-TiBsfmsSi9z-cUA&cbp=12,110.26,,0,17.04|title=Google Maps|website=Google Maps|access-date=3 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&safe=off&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=%E6%B5%B7%E7%9A%87%E8%B7%AF&ll=22.378928,113.967485&spn=0.003522,0.006968&t=h&z=18&brcurrent=3,0x3403fb3b950dba4f:0xf6e98875cffa2a82,0,0x3403e4eb267ce625:0x78f6d847f52f2da9|title=Google Maps|website=Google Maps|access-date=3 January 2018}}
  • Kai Fuk Road Flyover/Kwun Tong line viaduct between Ngau Tau Kok and Kowloon Bay stations
  • Kwun Tong Road over Tsui Ping Nullah
  • Castle Peak Road—Hung Shui Kiu over Hung Shui Hang (Hung Shui Kiu River)
  • Ma On Shan Road/Ma On Shan Rail (now part of Tuen Ma line) over Tai Shui Hang/Nui Po Tung Hang
  • Tsing Kwai Highway, Tung Chung line and Airport Express (road and four tracks of rapid transit) - two stretches
  • Yuen Long Main Road over Yuen Long Creek (Yuen Long Nullah)

= Former =

Hungary

India

Indonesia

  • {{ill|Cirahong Bridge|id|Jembatan Cirahong}} – opened in 1893{{cite news |last1=Kautsar |first1=Nurul Diva |title=Satu-satunya di Indonesia, Ini 6 Fakta Jembatan Cirahong yang Jadi Jalur Multifungsi |url=https://www.merdeka.com/jabar/satu-satunya-di-indonesia-ini-6-fakta-jembatan-cirahong-yang-jadi-jalur-multifungsi.html |access-date=23 May 2020 |work=merdeka.com |date=7 May 2020 |language=id}}

Iraq

  • River Tigris in Baghdad – 1950{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article69267288 |title=No title. |newspaper=The Advocate |location=Burnie, Tas. |date=4 October 1950 |access-date=6 March 2012 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}

Italy

= Current =

= Former =

Japan

= Current =

= Former =

North Korea

South Korea

Laos

Macau

Mexico

Mozambique

  • The Dona Ana Bridge has carried rail and road traffic, but not at the same time.

Myanmar

New Zealand

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A 1930 report listed 33 bridges and estimated that the cost of bridge-keepers, extra maintenance for the decks, etc. amounted to £15,500 a year, as against £4,307 paid to NZR.{{Cite web|title=RAILWAYS COMMISSION (REPORT OF THE). APPENDIX TO THE JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1930 SESSION I, D-04|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1930/I/2292|access-date=2020-07-20|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}

= Current =

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= Former =

  • Arahura River – between Greymouth and Hokitika – single level – replaced in 2009{{Cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/3150818/Historic-West-Coast-bridge-replaced|title=Historic West Coast bridge replaced |date=11 December 2009|publisher=stuff.co.nz|access-date=21 December 2009}}
  • Blackball combined over Grey River{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59516752 |title=N. Zealand Rivers Burst Into Flood Overnight. |newspaper=The Sunday Times |location=Perth |date=28 May 1950 |access-date=7 March 2012 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
  • Huntly 1915–1959 (now rail/footbridge only) over Waikato River{{Cite web|url=http://www.huntly.net.nz/history.html|title=History of Huntly|website=www.huntly.net.nz|access-date=2017-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406184931/http://www.huntly.net.nz/history.html|archive-date=2017-04-06}}
  • Ngākawau River separated in 1939{{Cite web |date=23 June 1939 |title=West Coast News. Press |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19390623.2.62 |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}
  • Pekatahi – between Edgecumbe and Taneatua – single level, shared deck – track removed in 2017{{cite web |url= https://natlib.govt.nz/records/39052260 |title=Pekatahi Bridge (Whakatāne, N.Z.) |publisher=National Library of New Zealand |access-date=30 July 2022}}
  • Rakaia – separated in 1939
  • Taramakau River Bridge between Greymouth and Kumara - dual use from opening in 1893 until a separate road bridge opened alongside in 2018. This bridge was the last single-level or shared carriageway bridge in the country.{{cite book |last= Joyce |first= Steven |title= On the Record |accessdate= |edition= |orig-date= |year= 2023 |publisher=Allen & Unwin |location= Auckland NZ |isbn= 978-1-99100-646-2 |oclc= |page= 164}}
  • Waitaki – separated around the late 1950s
  • Whanganui River near Taumarunui - dual use until separate road bridge opened upstream in 1960s.

= Temporary =

Nigeria

  • River Benue road rail bridge at Makurdi {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41163698 |title=No title. |newspaper=The Cairns Post |location=Qld. |date=25 July 1932 |access-date=6 March 2012 |page=10 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}

Norway

  • Rødberg Bridge carried the now closed Numedal Line to its terminus in Rødberg and the highway continuing to Geilo over Upsetelva in the center of Rødberg. The rails are still in place, covered by tarmac. There has been no rail traffic on Numedalsbanen since 1988. The railway is in the road, so car traffic had to stop when trains were passing.
  • Bruhaug Bridge, also on Numedal Line carried both the railway and local car traffic over the river Numedalslågen. The road surface is wood.
  • Hølendalen Bridge, near Moss. Motorway and railway, parallel separate bridges.
  • Nygård Bridge in Bergen carries both the Bergen Light Rail and a street. A parallel bridge carries European Route E39.

Pakistan

Railway Track under Metro Bus Track on Gate of Rawalpindi City near Marirh Chowk Muree Road Rawalpindi

Paraguay

  • See above for the cross-border bridge to Argentina

Philippines

File:Guadalupe Bridge over the Pasig River, Philippines - 2017.jpg

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Serbia

Slovakia

South Africa

  • Buffalo River at East London harbour (double-deck bridge)
  • Umkomaas, KZN south coast
  • Port Shepstone, KZN south coast
  • Caledon River at Maseru
  • Fairy Knowe (Wilderness)
  • Qamata
  • Tugela (at one time, many years ago)[http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2015/03/31/dual-purpose-s-a-rail-road-bridges/#comment-97082 RailwaysAfrica]

Sri Lanka

  • Manampitiya Bridge over the Mahaweli River – This narrow bridge is used only for rail since 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=15269|title=The Island|first=Lankacom PVT|last=LTD|website=www.island.lk|access-date=3 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://amazinglanka.com/wp/manampitiya-bridge/|title=The First Road-Rail Bridge of Sri Lanka at Manampitiya - AmazingLanka.com|access-date=3 January 2018}}
  • Oddamavadi Bridge (Valaichchenai Bridge) across Valaichchenai lagoon in Eastern Province – Railway-only since April 2010{{cite web|url=https://amazinglanka.com/wp/valaichena-oddamavadi-bridge/|title=Valaichena (Oddamavadi) Road-Rail Bridge - AmazingLanka.com|access-date=3 January 2018}}

Sweden

Switzerland

File:Bernina Railway road-rail river bridge at Campocologno.JPG train to cross the road/rail river bridge over the river Poschiavino at Campocologno just North of Swiss-Italian border]]The Bernina railway shares a bridge over the River Poschiavino at Campocologno just north of the Swiss-Italian border.

Both railways operated by Aare Seeland Mobil go over three combined bridges each. Four of these bridges cross the Aare river, one crosses a highway.

Thailand

= Current =

= Former =

Turkey

File:Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge IMG 3054.jpg

Uganda

  • Jinja{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article34627290 |title=CROCODILE ON BRIDGE. |newspaper=Western Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA : 1916–1938) |location=Kalgoorlie, WA |date=2 January 1934 |access-date=5 March 2012 |page=12 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}

Ukraine

United Kingdom

= Current =

Image:Keadby Bridge.jpg

Image:Keadby Bridge, from Althorpe Railway Station.jpg

  • Preston Dock Swing Bridge, Lancashire. Road traffic and pedestrians controlled by barriers from the lock control room. Still used by The Ribble Steam Railway and tour trains visiting from the main line, still running in 2012 the bridge is used for delivery of bitumen by railway to the Preston Total Bitumen plant. On arrival from Total's oil refinery in Immingham, North Lincolnshire, the tankers are parked at the exchange sidings. The steam railway staff divide the trains and shunt the tankers into Total Bitumen's siding for the bitumen processing and distribution plant, later reforming the trains for their return journey to Immingham.
  • Britannia Bridge Robert Stephenson's famous, formerly 'tubular' railway bridge across the Menai Strait in Wales. Rebuilt as a road and rail bridge after a major fire in 1970.
  • High Level Bridge Newcastle upon Tyne.
  • King George V Bridge, Keadby, North Lincolnshire. Carries the A18 and the DoncasterScunthorpe railway across the River Trent. Opened in 1916, Althorpe railway station is on the western bank of the Trent, very close to the bridge, which has not lifted for some years.
  • Belfast cross-harbour bridge, opened 1994–1995. See [https://web.archive.org/web/20071010132926/http://www.iht.org/motorway/m3ni.htm The Motorway Archive]
  • Kingsferry road and rail bridge, Isle of Sheppey. Built in 1960, until 2006 this was the only road crossing to the island. The bridge opens 20 times each day.
  • Porthmadog, Wales, on the Welsh Highland Railway, Shared by this narrow gauge line and the main road through the town.
  • Pont Briwet, over River Dwyryd, near Penrhyndeudraeth, North Wales – single track rail of the Cambrian Coast Line, beside wide single-carriageway road; re-opened in summer 2015 after major repairs.

= Former =

  • Craigavon Bridge, is a double decker bridge located in Derry, Northern Ireland and is still in operation as a road bridge, it served as a rail bridge from its opening until the 1950s,
  • Connel Bridge, near Oban, Scotland, was shared until the railway closed in the 1960s. A cantilever bridge.
  • Ashton Avenue Bridge, Bristol road rail swing bridge.
  • Queen Alexandra Bridge, still in road (A1231) use across the River Wear between Deptford and Southwick in Sunderland, mineral railway abandoned in 1921 after 12 years' use.
  • Newhaven Harbour, East Sussex, swing bridge standard gauge harbour branch shared with main coast road to Brighton, closed about 1962.
  • Runcorn Railway Bridge – rail; pedestrian bridge alongside was open until 1965.
  • Cross Keys Bridge, on the Norfolk /Lincolnshire border, both sides now in use for road traffic. Swing Bridge

United States

;Alaska

;California

;Florida

;Illinois

;IowaIllinois

; Kentucky

;Louisiana

;Maine

;* Carlton Bridge – rail on lower deck, carried U.S. Route 1 on the upper deck until 2000

;

;Massachusetts

;Michigan

  • Portage Lake Lift Bridge connecting Hancock and Houghton. The world's heaviest and largest double deck vertical lift bridge. 4-lane road on upper deck, rail on lower deck (converted to trail). The lower deck was also paved so the bridge could be placed in an intermediate position to allow road traffic only.

;Minnesota

;Missouri

  • Second Hannibal Bridge in Kansas City, Missouri across the Missouri River. Opened in 1917, had a road deck until 1956, when another bridge was built, but the rail deck is presently in use. Evidence of the road deck is still plainly visible.
  • ASB Bridge in Kansas City, Missouri, across the Missouri River. Opened in 1911, it carried vehicular traffic until 1987, when new span was built. Bridge is unique that lower part is a vertical lift drawbridge, while without interrupting traffic on the upper deck.
  • Eads Bridge in St. Louis, Missouri across the Mississippi River. Opened in 1874. It carries the road traffic on the upper deck and the St. Louis MetroLink on the lower deck.

;New Hampshire

;New York

;Ohio

;Oregon

;Pennsylvania

;Tennessee-Arkansas

;Virginia

Uzbekistan

  • Amu Darya Bridge is the first bridge between Khorezm and Karakalpakstan, opened March 2004. It only has one track with the rails embedded into tarmac, used for trains and cars, one direction at a time, and is 681 m long. It now doubles the pontoon bridge that was the only link between Khorezm and the rest of Uzbekistan.
  • See above for the cross-border bridge to Afghanistan

Venezuela

Vietnam

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Temporary

During wartime and other emergencies, rail tracks on bridges are sometimes paved to allow road traffic to proceed. Examples include the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen bridge in Germany.

After a landslide on the Stromeferry road in Scotland in 2012, a 150m section of the parallel railway was paved with rubber tiles to allow road traffic to avoid a 250 km detour.{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/rail-road-solution-bypasses-stromeferry-rock-fall.html|title=Rail road solution bypasses Stromeferry rock fall|first=DVV Media|last=UK|access-date=3 January 2018}}

Proposed

Under construction

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See also

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