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Re: Movable span bridges
In article <7o2ugt$okh$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
John Dennis <jdennis@acslink.net.au> wrote:
> In article <37a44ec1.0@iridium.webone.com.au>,
> "Derick Wuen" <cullend@webone.com.au> wrote:
> > I have been looking for info on railway bridges in Australia where
one
> or
> > more spans are/were movable. So far the list is short.....
> >
>
> The bridge over the Murray at Tocumwal has/had a lift span.
And, as a followup to my own posting, there was a lifting span on the
docks at Hobart, over the entrance to Constitution Dock IIRC. Last time
I was there the span still lifted, the rails were still extant, but the
track was not connected to Hobart yard.
Cheers...JD
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