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View Larger Map We've posted about interesting ways to bridge the gap on RTC TrailBlog before. Here's another one in case your trail could use a span with a 27-foot width. TheWashCycle points us to this offer from the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA): Maryland Highway officials hope to sell the Maryland Route 545 bridge over Little Elk Creek in Childs in Cecil County. The steel pony truss bridge was built in 1932...The span is available for purchase by any city or county government, historic...

Photo and story by Eric Oberg/Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Bridges are a costly need for rail-trails, many of which cross streams, roadways and even other rail corridors. After engineering and installation quotes were obtained from a precast bridge supplier for bridges along Ohio’s Moonville Rail-Trail , the reality of the extremely costly challenge became clear. So when members of the trail’s nonprofit group heard that old flatbed rail cars might be available from the federal government’s...