Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1917 — Long Plate Girder Spans. [ARTICLE]

Long Plate Girder Spans.

The longest through-plate girder span supporting a double track, according to the Railway Age Gazette, is 118% feet long and is located at Gardner, N. Y-, on the West Shore railroad. The New York Central and Hudson River railroad has a bridge at Lyons, N. Y., which is a four-track structure with three-plate girders. The middle one supports the load on two tracks and the span for this arrangement is 107 feet 8 inches. A number of longer plate girder bridges designed for lighter loadings may be found on the Eastern Bengal railroad system. — .