Railroad bridges might not have the grace and gravitas of our grand highway bridges, such as the Paddock viaduct and the Lancaster Street bridge. Simon and Garfunkel never sang about a trestle over troubled water. But these unsung heroes of our infrastructure allow trains to negotiate rivers and roads.
Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf railroad bridge (1903) near East 4th Street.
East 4th Street bridge with heron.
Bridge over Marine Creek south of the Stockyards.
Stone-shouldered narrow bridge over Cold Springs Road, built by Santa Fe in the late 1800s.
Bridge (1902) of the Red River, Texas and Southern railroad south of Oakwood Cemetery.
