The Sciotoville Bridge is a steel continuous truss bridge carrying CSX Transportation railroad tracks across the Ohio River between Siloam - a junction located north of Limeville, Kentucky and east of South Shore, Kentucky - and Sciotoville, Ohio in the United States. Designed by Gustav Lindenthal, the bridge was constructed in 1916 by Chesapeake and Ohio Railway subsidiary Chesapeake and Ohio Northern Railway as part of a new route between Ashland, Kentucky and Columbus, Ohio.
The bridge is continuous across two spans,Durkee, Jackson, "World's Longest Bridge Spans" , National Steel Bridge Alliance, May 24, 1999 and is considered an engineering marvel. It held the record for longest continuous truss span in the world from its opening until 1945.
See also List of crossings of the Ohio River List of longest continuous truss bridge spans
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External links C&O Sciotoville Bridge at Bridges & Tunnels Colossus on the Ohio at Minford, Ohio Schools True story involving the Sciotoville Bridge Dipping Ice Cream