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minus-squareRentlar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoTear down the highway bridges, build rail bridges or mixed use bridges. Easy. Those things have lasted a ridiculously long time, and many railway trestle approaches made of timber from the late 19th century are still standing and operational.
minus-squareGenosseFlosse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThey won’t carry modern high speed trains…
Tear down the highway bridges, build rail bridges or mixed use bridges. Easy. Those things have lasted a ridiculously long time, and many railway trestle approaches made of timber from the late 19th century are still standing and operational.
They won’t carry modern high speed trains…