Michigan Central Railway Bridge

43.108527 - 79.058179Koordinaten: 43 ° 6 ' 30.7 "N, 79 ° 3' 29.4 " W

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Niagara River

, Also called the Michigan Central Railway Whirlpool Rapids Bridge Railroad Bridge is a former railroad bridge over the Niagara River between the cities of Niagara Falls (New York) and Niagara Falls (Ontario). It is immediately south of the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge, which is older, but still in operation.

Built in 1924-1925 two-pronged Michigan Central Railway Bridge replaced the few meters standing next to Niagara Cantilever Bridge, which was scrapped.

The Michigan Central Railway Bridge is a three- hinged steel arch bridge with aufgeständertem bridge deck. The entire bridge structure including the bridge spans is 263.1 m ( 863.3 ft ) long. The arch with a span of 195.1 m (640 ft) consists of two steel box girder ribs are stiffened by multiple crossbar. The vertical and diagonal stand of the bridge deck stiffened by cross associations.

The bridge was built by the balanced cantilever. For this, the information shown on the fighters outermost columns were tied back with diagonally mounted in the rock of the high banks of steel rods. These tie backs were strong enough to carry the sheet halves until they were joined together in the middle of the river.

The bridge is no longer used. The tracks of the route have been removed. Barrier walls on the bridge and barbed wire to prevent unauthorized crossing. It was decided to demolish the bridge and scrap, the implementation of the decision was postponed several times.