Tay Bridge disaster Tay Bridge disaster During a violent storm on Sunday 28 December 1879, the first Tay Rail Bridge collapsed as a train from Wormit to Dundee passed over it, killing all aboard. The bridge—designed by Sir Thomas Bouch—used lattice girders supported by iron piers, with cast iron columns and wrought iron cross-bracing. The piers were narrower and their cross-bracing was less extensive and robust than on previous similar designs by Bouch. Bouch had sought expert advice on wind loading when designing a proposed rail bridge over the Firth of Forth; as a result of that advice he had made no explicit
Pencoyd Railroad Bridge (Kansas City, Missouri) renamed Michael R. Haverty Freight House Bridge in recognition of Mike Haverty, who was the Chair of the Union Station Kansas City Board from 2005 to 2012. Pencoyd Railroad Bridge (Kansas City, Missouri) The Pencoyd Railroad Bridge is a former railroad bridge in Kansas City, Missouri that was converted into the Freight House Pedestrian Bridge and moved to its new location where it connects Union Station and the Crossroads Arts District. The bridge was built in 1892 just south of the Second Hannibal Bridge as part of the Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad which ran from Independence, Missouri to the