Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge
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The Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge is a historic vertical-lift railway bridge in Massachusetts that carries trains across the Cape Cod Canal and is notable for its impressive movable-span engineering.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge canonical | 6 |
| Cape Cod Canal bridges | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
movable bridge
ⓘ
railway bridge ⓘ steel bridge ⓘ vertical-lift bridge ⓘ |
| architect | Waddell & Hardesty ⓘ |
| builtBy |
Public Works Administration (PWA)
ⓘ
surface form:
Public Works Administration
|
| carries |
freight trains
ⓘ
passenger excursion trains ⓘ rail traffic ⓘ |
| category |
Bridges completed in 1935
ⓘ
Railway bridges in Massachusetts ⓘ Vertical lift bridges in the United States ⓘ |
| clearanceBelowWhenRaised | 135 feet ⓘ |
| connects |
Cape Cod
ⓘ
mainland Massachusetts ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1933 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crosses | Cape Cod Canal ⓘ |
| designer | J. A. L. Waddell ⓘ |
| function | to allow both rail traffic and marine navigation via movable span ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| hasLiftMechanism | counterweight system ⓘ |
| hasTowers | 2 ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the longest vertical-lift spans in the world at time of completion ⓘ |
| length | 1347 feet ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cape Cod Canal
ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Bourne, Massachusetts
ⓘ
Buzzards Bay ⓘ
surface form:
Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts
|
| mainSpanLength | 544 feet ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Army Corps of Engineers
|
| material | steel ⓘ |
| numberOfTracks | 1 ⓘ |
| opened | 1935 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Army Corps of Engineers
|
| owner |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Army Corps of Engineers
|
| parallelTo |
Bourne Bridge
ⓘ
Sagamore Bridge ⓘ |
| partOf | Cape Cod Canal transportation infrastructure ⓘ |
| region | New England ⓘ |
| replaced | earlier swing railroad bridge over Cape Cod Canal ⓘ |
| status | in service ⓘ |
| structureType | truss bridge ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Cape Cod Central Railroad excursion trains
ⓘ
Mass Coastal Railroad ⓘ |
| verticalLiftSpanLength | 544 feet ⓘ |
| waterway | Cape Cod Canal ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cape Cod Canal bridges