How to Use railroad bridge in a Sentence

railroad bridge

noun
  • At the railroad bridge over the creek the town had built a dam to maintain the water table in the municipal wells near by.
    — Don Holm, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Experts say those forces could have made the railroad bridge more unstable and contributed to its collapse.
    — Matthew Brown, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
  • Work on the temporary railroad bridge is expected to begin late this summer.
    — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The low-hanging railroad bridge has become a frequent obstacle for semi drivers over the years.
    — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 28 May 2024
  • Flooding of the Big Sioux River caused a railroad bridge to Iowa to collapse.
    — Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2024
  • The railroad bridge became misaligned due to a hit from barges being transported by a towboat called Mauvilla.
    — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Abby posted a photo to Snapchat of the girls crossing the railroad bridge shortly before they were killed, police said.
    — Joe Sutton, CNN, 29 June 2023
  • Portions of a freight train are seen in the Yellowstone River after an overnight railroad bridge collapse.
    — Ginger Adams Otis, WSJ, 26 June 2023
  • The scooter was deep in the river gorge, under the 134-foot-tall Short Line railroad bridge, far below any road or trail.
    — Kyle Stokes, Axios, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Reconstruct the Norfolk-Southern railroad bridge over the roadway.
    — Jason Rossi, The Enquirer, 1 Jan. 2025
  • That happened in the area underneath the railroad bridge in Burns Ditch, just north of Portage Marina.
    — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
  • The parking lot near the Little Red Store is completely flooded, with debris piling up along trees and the railroad bridge.
    — Ben Steele, jsonline.com, 10 Aug. 2025
  • The Thomas Viaduct is the first multi-span masonry railroad bridge built on a curving alignment in the United States.
    — Molly Fellin Spence, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2024
  • River flooding took out a railroad bridge in the state and caused the partial collapse of the Rapidan Dam in southern Minnesota.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 25 June 2024
  • Celebrating the completion of a new railroad bridge, for example, could be the occasion for a group of politicians and engineers in suits and derby hats to slaughter a sheep.
    — Nick Danforth, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2014
  • When the occasional automobile did appear, the Union Pacific station agent was fine with waving them across the railroad bridge, as long as no train was due.
    — Eric Moskowitz, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026
  • At least two adults are dead, one toddler is injured, and a young child is missing after a train struck several pedestrians on a railroad bridge in Fremont, Ohio, the mayor said.
    — Michelle Watson, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
  • The closure will give officials time to install new beams for a railroad bridge replacement related to the Mill Creek Expressway.
    — Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Removing sediment from the outer lagoon between the boulevard and the railroad bridge keeps it deep enough to provide water for the nearby Carlsbad desalination plant.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The Allen Road Grade Separation Project will create an elevated railroad bridge for trains crossing paths with the street.
    — Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The Fort Steele railroad bridge, for all its size, lay low ahead of them, a flush span carrying the tracks between those bluffs on either side of the river, its superstructure entirely below deck.
    — Eric Moskowitz, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026
  • Work at Batiquitos also includes building a concrete-and-steel, double-track railroad bridge to replace a wooden trestle from the 1940s.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Separating it from the Truesdell affair are four railroad bridge incidents, including another in Illinois.
    — John O'Connor, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Peppered with kayakers and paddleboarders, the water scene has colorful pop with the Instagram-worthy graffiti railroad bridge in the distance, beyond which is the bustling pedestrian bridge.
    — Kathryn Streeter, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The flyover ramp replaces a street-level interchange from southbound I-75 to westbound I-74 that included a sharp curve and traveled under a railroad bridge.
    — The Enquirer, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The renovation included replacement of a railroad bridge built in 1899 that carried trains over Milwaukee Avenue.
    — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Follow that path under a railroad bridge to a boat landing, then go by foot through the woods until the floodplain opens out flat in front of you, revealing more than 100 sacred mounds built by Native Americans thousands of years ago.
    — Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Beginning construction in April, the railroad bridge over San Juan Creek is set to be demolished and replaced with a new structure, causing potential delays for rail commuters and shuttering a nearby bike trail.
    — Annika Bahnsen, Orange County Register, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The body of a New Hampshire man was recovered Sunday morning in the Merrimack River after he is believed to have accidentally fallen off a railroad bridge and into the water below.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Under a railroad bridge, two Caton crews are focusing on storm drainage related to water/sewer line work, NCDOT spokesperson Jen Goodwin said Wednesday.
    — Joe Marusak may 14, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2026

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