Well, for one thing -- railroad bridges are usually older, by decades. Most rail bridges across the Mississippi and Missouri and tributaries were built in the late 19th or, at the latest, the early 20th century. Most major highway bridges came along in the 1920s, at the earliest, with the Interstates arriving in the '50s. Then, when a highway bridge needs attention, everybody -- local, county, state, and federal -- jumps to and gives it their (our) all. When a railroad bridge needs work, the railroad goes it alone and the above parties all tax the improvement. Democracy in action! Randy Brown - -------------------------------------------------------------- How is it highway bridges usually seem to survive fine and railroad bridges are always in mortal peril of floods? Are they not built as well? or as high? Bradley Butcher The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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