Talk:Tunkhannock Viaduct

Latest comment: 10 years ago by Michael J in topic Piers in water

Biggest concrete bridge in America

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Please clarify "biggest" in the introductory paragraph. It's not the longest concrete bridge in America. So in the context of this article, to what does this term refer? Alphageekpa 11:29, 5 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

Please clarify your claim. According to the National Historic Engineering Record in the Library of Congress, "More than 50 years after its building, the Tunkhannock Viaduct still merits the title of largest concrete bridge in America, if not the world."65.167.40.158 (talk) 16:51, 23 November 2008 (UTC)Reply
I made no such claim. I made a request that "biggest" be defined. Tallest? Longest? By what parameter is it the "biggest"? Alphageekpa (talk) 23:32, 23 November 2008 (UTC)Reply
It's definitely not length or height, more likely volume of concrete. Can anyone beat 169,000 cubic yards according to "Progress of Tunkhannock Viaduct Construction on D., L. & W. Relocation," Engineering Record 68, No. 22 (29 Nov. 1913): 594? Martindelaware (talk) 07:31, 10 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject class rating

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This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 03:40, 10 November 2007 (UTC)Reply

Piers in water

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The infobox states that there are 13 "piers in water". Where did this information come from? I know from personal experience that there are zero piers in the water. The creek passes between two of the piers. (I have been on, under, and all around the viaduct hundreds of times.) Because it is original research, I will not change the category to 0. However, unless the 13 figure can be substantiated, I will blank that category in the infobox.    → Michael J    06:40, 22 July 2014 (UTC)Reply