. Report on railroad grade crossing elimination and passenger and freight terminals in Los Angeles . endent of the eltect upon the railways parallelinsj; the river, it is obviouslyof lower first cost than the plan by which the tracks are depressed and thestreet raised as no ajjproaches and little regradiui; are rec|uired. Thisad\antage is. however, offset bv the disadvantas^es. The most serious ob-jections are as follow^s: 1. ENCessive grade for railway lines south of tlie bridge are introduced. 2. In a case of exceptional flood, the bridge will act as a dam. 3. attractive design is not possib
. Report on railroad grade crossing elimination and passenger and freight terminals in Los Angeles . endent of the eltect upon the railways parallelinsj; the river, it is obviouslyof lower first cost than the plan by which the tracks are depressed and thestreet raised as no ajjproaches and little regradiui; are rec|uired. Thisad\antage is. however, offset bv the disadvantas^es. The most serious ob-jections are as follow^s: 1. ENCessive grade for railway lines south of tlie bridge are introduced. 2. In a case of exceptional flood, the bridge will act as a dam. 3. attractive design is not possible and the bridge would be far less pleasing in type than the structures proposed at other points becauseof limited clearances. 4. The plan is not in accordance with tlie general plan of the depression of tracks along the river. 5. .\fter including cost of the track elevation, spur track connections and steel railway whatever economy there is in first cost is offsetby the arrangement wouhl cost, it is estimated, $202,826, against $567,591for the plan .t- ;■> ■%■■
Size: 3026px × 826px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, booksubjectrailroa, bookyear1920
