A trestle bridge is a bridge composed of a number of short spans supported by closely spaced frames usually carrying a railroad line. A trestle is a rigid frame used as a support, historically a tripo
Trestles are useful as approaches to bridges over marshes and shallows.
Trestle of wooden posts, beams, and diagonal braces
Kinzua viaduct over the Kinzua Creek valley in Pennsylvania
Interurban train trestle, completed after the 1915 Galveston Hurricane
The Lucin Cutoff is a 102-mile railroad line in Utah, United States that runs from Ogden to its namesake in Lucin. The most prominent feature of the cutoff was a twelve-mile-long railroad trestle cros
Aerial view of the Lucin Cutoff trestle before removal. The 1950s causeway is to the right of the trestle.
Lucin Cutoff (1903) compared to earlier Promontory Branch (1869). Drawn by Anan Raymond, 1981.
The line included a rail station called Mid Lake, which was in the middle of the Great Salt Lake.