Road-rail bridges are bridges shared by road transport and rail transport (road-rail). They are sometimes called combined bridges.
The road and rail on these bridges are often on the same level, but segregated, so that rail vehicles could operate at the same time as road vehicles (e.g., Sydney Harbour Bridge). The roadway can also be above the rail tracks, or vice versa (e.g., Øresund Bridge, Oliver Bridge).
Sometimes, the road and rail share the same carriageway on the bridge (e.g., Dom Pedro II Bridge, Kongolo Bridge). In these cases, road traffic usually must stop when trains are using the bridge. However, if the bridge is wide enough, both kinds of traffic can operate together as well (e.g., Bechyně Bridge).
"Rail" in this case include all types of rail transport.
Afghanistan Afghanistan–Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge
Argentina Carmen de Patagones–Viedma Railway Bridge Paso de los Libres–Uruguaiana International Bridge Salto Grande Bridge San Roque González de Santa Cruz Bridge Zárate–Brazo Largo Bridge
Australia
Current Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, carried further two rail tracks as tram tracks from 1932 until 1958. Narrows Bridge, Perth, carries Mandurah railway line in central reservationPerth's New MetroRail Project Transit Australia April 2004 pages 120-123 Mount Henry Bridge, Perth, carries Mandurah railway line in central reservation Burdekin Bridge Bli Bli Bridge, carries David Low Way over Maroochy River, also carried Moreton Central Sugar Mill Cane Tramway until the mid-1990sMoreton Central Sugar Mill, Nambour Continental Railway Journal issue 126 July 2001 page 214 Dickabram Bridge Grafton Bridge, Grafton, carries road on top level with North Coast railway line belowGrafton Bridge Roundhouse July 1982 pages 4-23 Septimus, Queensland – Head-Menkens Road – Cane tramLight Railways issue 199 Bloomfield Coal Loop over New England Highway near Thornton[Rail Graphics North Atlas p72] Leonardi Di Palma road-rail bridge, Miallo, Queensland – Cane tramLight Railways issue 295 610mm gauge 610mm gauge John Luscombe Pioneer River bridge, sugar cane tramway 610mm gauge
Former
Menindee – separated in the 1970s. Penrith – separated in 1907 by construction of separate railway bridge. Tocumwal – separated by construction of adjacent road-only bridge in 1987.Tocumwal Bridge Tender Announced Railway Digest September 1985 page 267 Murray Bridge from the opening of the railway in 1886 until a separate rail bridge was opened in 1925. Paringa Bridge, from its opening in 1927Road-Rail Bridge at Paringa Keeping Track issue 71 April 1974 page 1 until the Barmera railway line closed in 1982.The Paringa Lift Span Bridge Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin issue 726 April 1998 pages 139-142 The railway area was converted to a cycleway in 1986. Originally one lane of traffic and the railway shared the area within the truss spans, but a single-lane deck was later attached to either outer side of the trusses to separate road and rail traffic. Echuca–Moama, opened in 1879, road only since adjacent rail-only bridge opened in 1989. Gonn Crossing, 1926, on the Stony Crossing railway line. Road only since the rail line closed in 1964. Robinvale, 1927, as part of the Robinvale railway line. Road only after construction of the line was abandoned in 1943. Replaced by a new road bridge in 2006.Australian Railway History June 2013 page 10 Camden Rail bridge attached to the road bridge until line closure in 1963. North Richmond, Rail bridge attached to the road bridge on the Kurrajong railway line until line closure in 1952. Bridgewater Bridge, Hobart, carried Midland Highway and South railway lineMotive Power April 2009 page 117Retaining Bridgewater Bridge for Rail Tasmanian Times 3 September 2020
Austria
Current Floridsdorf Bridge Nibelungen Bridge (Linz) Reichsbrücke
Former Linz Railway Bridge (1900)
Bangladesh
Current Kalurghat Bridge Padma Bridge
Former Jamuna Bridge
Botswana Kazungula Bridge
Brazil
Current Baron of Mauá International Bridge Brochado da Rocha Road-Rail Bridge Desengano Bridge Dom Pedro II Bridge Marcelino Ramos Road-Rail Bridge Paso de los Libres–Uruguaiana International Bridge Rollemberg–Vuolo Road-Rail Bridge Mixed Bridge of Marabá
Former Propriá–Colégio Road-Rail Bridge (Porto Real do Colégio – Propriá)
Bulgaria Danube Bridge New Europe Bridge
Cameroon Current Wouri Bridge (2nd Bridge) Former Wouri Bridge (1st Bridge)
Canada
Alberta High Level Bridge, Edmonton
British Columbia Derwent Way Bridge, Delta–New Westminster Mission Railway Bridge, Mission–Abbotsford; Rail only since the opening of the road only Mission Bridge. Prince George CNR Bridge, Prince George – from 1915 to 1987. Rail bridge over the Fort Nelson River, south of Fort Nelson. Second Narrows Rail Bridge, Vancouver – the original bridge in 1925.
Nova Scotia Canso Canal Bridge, Port Hastings
Ontario Alexandra Bridge, Ottawa, until the tracks were removed. Prince Edward Viaduct, Toronto, since 1966 when the subway was commissioned on the lower decks. Whirlpool Rapids Bridge, Niagara Falls, Ontario, carries passenger rail on the upper level, road on the lower level between Ontario and New York.
Québec Victoria Bridge, Montreal Quebec Bridge, Québec City Samuel-De Champlain Bridge, Montreal, with the Réseau express métropolitain.
Saskatchewan St. Louis Bridge – 1915 rail only; 1928 road-rail; 1983; road only. Canadian Northern Railway Bridge (Prince Albert) – 1909–1960 road-rail; 1960 rail only; also a swing bridge, 1909–1939. Crooked Bridge – 1930. CPR Bridge (Saskatoon) – rail 1908; rail and pedestrian 1909.
China (mainland)
Current Across the Yangtze (upstream to estuary)
Yibin Jinsha River Road-Rail Bridge Yibin Lingang Yangtze River Bridge () Dingshan Bridge Yudong Yangtze River Bridge Baijusi Yangtze River Bridge Caiyuanba Bridge Twin River Bridges (Chongqing) Chaotianmen Bridge Guojiatuo Yangtze River Bridge Zhicheng Yangtze River Bridge Jingzhou Yangtze River Road-Rail Bridge Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge Tianxingzhou Yangtze River Bridge Huanggang Yangtze River Bridge Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge Tongling Yangtze River Road-Rail Bridge Wuhu Yangtze River Bridge III Wuhu Yangtze River Bridge Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge Wufengshan Yangtze River Bridge Husutong Yangtze River Bridge
Other bridges Daxie Bridge Dongjiang Bridge (6-lane highway and Harbin–Bei'an railway) Ganjiang Bridge (2-lane road and Beijing–Kowloon railway) Hengyang Xiang River Road-Rail Bridge (Guangdong Road, Daqing Road and Hunan–Guangxi railway) Jingyuan Yellow River Road-Rail Bridge (road and Honghui railway) Pearl River Bridge (Zhongshan Road, Guangzhan HSR and Guangzhou Metro Line 5) Pingtan Strait Road-Rail Bridge (G3 and Fuping railway) Qiansimen Bridge (4-lane highway and CRT Line 6) Qiantang River Bridge Qiantang River Bridge II (road and Hukun railway) Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge Wanghe Bridge Xinglin Bridge (6-lane highway and Fuzhou–Xiamen railway) Zhaoqing Xijiang Bridge (G324 and Guangzhou–Maoming railway) Zhengxin Yellow River Bridge (S227 and Jingguang HSR)
Former Binbei Bridge (was a part of G202 and Harbin–Bei'an railway, road closed in 2006, railway closed and replaced by another bridge in 2016) Songpu Bridge (railway abandoned and replaced by Jinshan Railway Huangpu River Bridge, still used by G320)
Czech Republic Bechyně Bridge Nusle Bridge
Democratic Republic of the Congo Kongolo Bridge Matadi BridgeRailway Gazette International September 2012, p42
Denmark
Current Great Belt Bridge (West Bridge) King Frederik IX Bridge Little Belt Bridge Masnedsund Bridge Oddesund Bridge Storstrøm Bridge Øresund Bridge
Former
King Christian X's Bridge
Egypt
Current Desouk Bridge Imbaba Bridge The French Bridge
Former Rail bridge near Tell El Kebir's railway station
Estonia Papiniidu Bridge
Fiji
On Viti Levu, the CSR Company was obliged to provide road-rail bridges when it built bridges for the Cane Trains to their sugar mills, e.g. the two largest bridges over the Ba and Sigatoka rivers. Many are now rail-only as separate road bridges has been built. The Ba Bridge () in Ba has 19 spans, 17 standard spans () and a short span at each end, and has been rail-only for many years. The Sigatoka Bridge () in Sigatoka has 27 spans. Both bridges are prone to hurricane damage due to extra flow of water; the Ba Bridge often disappears under water, but is not always damaged (see Cane Trains). Sigatoka Bridge was washed away by storms, January 2009.The Weekend Australian January 17–18, 2009 p16 Labasa River - Sugar cane tramway; 610 mm gauge; proposed. Light Railways 2024 April, p33
Finland
Current Iijoki Railway Bridge Kirnukoski Railway Bridge – northeast of Ristijärvi, near Jokikylä. Ounaskoski Bridge Rail bridge at Isohaara Hydropower Plant, in Keminmaa. Rail bridge over Runkotie, in Seinäjoki. Bridges for light rail & trams: Atlantinsilta Crusellinsilta Hämeentie Bridge (north) Hämeentie Bridge (south) Hämeensilta Pasilansilta Pitkäsilta
Former Aninkaistensilta – carried Turku trams (1932–1967). Kemijoki Bridges – destroyed during the Lapland War. Kulosaari Bridge (1919) – carried the Kulosaari tramway. Mansikkakoski Railway Bridge – restored for normal traffic, rail traffic moved to new bridge.
France
Cize–Bolozon viaduct, on the Ligne du Haut-Bugey. Built 1882, destroyed by the maquis in 1945, rebuilt 1950. Pont de Recouvrance, Brest – road & tramway – includes lifting span.Today's Railways Europe #214, p15 Pont Morand, Lyon Viaduc de Salles at Giroussens, Tarn, on the Chemin de Fer Touristique du Tarn.
Germany
Current Elbbrücke Lauenburg Fehmarn Sound Bridge Konrad Adenauer Bridge Lindaunis Bridge Moselbrücke Bullay Oberbaum Bridge Oberhafenbrücke Peenebrücke Wolgast Rügendamm Bridges for light rail & trams: Marienbrücke
Former Kattwykbrücke (1973) Ludendorff Bridge – during wartime. Marienbrücke – heavy rail moved to nearby rail bridge in 1901. Nordschleusenbrücke
Ghana Unknown location with YouTube movie
Guatemala Puente Rodolfo Robles
Hong Kong
Current Lantau Link (east to west) Tsing Ma Bridge (longest bridge span for road and rail traffic in the world) Ma Wan Viaduct Kap Shui Mun Bridge Hoi Wong Road, across the Tuen Mun River estuary. Kai Fuk Road Flyover/Kwun Tong line viaduct, between Ngau Tau Kok and Kowloon Bay stations. Kwun Tong Road over Tsui Ping Nullah Castle Peak Road—Hung Shui Kiu over Hung Shui Hang (Hung Shui Kiu River) Ma On Shan Road/Ma On Shan Rail (now part of Tuen Ma line) over Tai Shui Hang/Nui Po Tung Hang Tsing Kwai Highway, Tung Chung line and Airport Express (road and four tracks of rapid transit) – two stretches. Yuen Long Main Road over Yuen Long Creek (Yuen Long Nullah)
Former Bowrington Bridge, part of Hennessy Road across Bowrington Canal. Sha Tau Kok Railway and Sha Tau Kok Road – bridges over Ma Wat River, Tan Shan River and Kwan Tei River. Pui To Road
Hungary Kiskörei Tisza Bridge Türr István Bridge
India
Andhra Pradesh Godavari Bridge
Assam Bogibeel Bridge Naranarayan Setu Saraighat Bridge
Bihar Digha–Sonpur Bridge Koilwar Bridge Munger Ganga Bridge Rajendra Setu
Delhi Old Yamuna Bridge
Uttar Pradesh Lord Curzon Bridge (formerly) Malviya Bridge Old Naini Bridge Strachey Bridge, Agra
West Bengal Farakka Barrage Nashipur Rail Bridge Vivekananda Setu
Indonesia Cirahong Bridge Cisomang Bridge (Gen.3)
Iraq River Tigris in Baghdad – 1950
Italy
Current Mezzanacorti bridge over the Po on the Milan–Genoa railway San Michele Bridge over the Adda on the Seregno–Bergamo railway Sesto Calende bridge over the Ticino on the Domodossola–Milan railway Soleri viaduct in Cuneo Turbigo bridge over the Ticino on the Saronno–Novara railway Valenza bridge over the Po on the Pavia–Alessandria railway Ponte della Libertà in Venice Vigevano bridge over the Ticino on the Milan–Mortara railway
Former Adenige bridge on temporary Mont Cenis Railway Magenta bridge over the Ticino on the Turin–Milan railway