Recycled Turntable

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Video of a turntable going through a full revolution: https://youtu.be/6ClqItEb2to

Allender Road Bridge (Baltimore County, Maryland)
Built 1945 by Baltimore & Ohio Railroad; Replaced 1998
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over CSX Railroad on Allender Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Almena - Road 1 Turntable Bridge (Norton County, Kansas)
Built 1896 by the Lassig Bridge and Iron Works, Chicago Illinois
Timber stringer bridge over S. Fork Prairie Dog Creek on 1st Road / Van Horn Rd.
Open to traffic

Anchor Avenue Overhead Bridge (Macon County, Missouri)
Built 1931 using a secondhand turntable, Removed Ca. 2013
Lost plate girder bridge over BNSF Railway on Anchor Avenue
Removed but not replaced

AZCR - Turntable Trestle (Yavapai County, Arizona)
Deck plate girder bridge on Arizona Central/Verde Canyon RR
Open to railroad traffic

C&O - Turntable Bridge (Sanilac County, Michigan)
Installed 1960 by reusing a railroad turntable from Ottawa, WV to replace an older wooden structure; railroad abanded in 1991
Abandoned deck plate girder bridge over Black River on Chesapeake & Ohio RR (abandoned)
Abandoned

Carbon Cliff Viaduct (Rock Island County, Illinois)
Built 1949; Burn & Rebuilt 1950; Closed 1981; Removed ?
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Silvis Yard on Sinclair Boulevard
Removed but not replaced

CC&VRR--Turntable Bridge (Teller County, Colorado)
Built 2006 to replace wooden trestle
Deck plate girder bridge over street on Cripple Creek & Victor Narrow Gauge RR
Open to authorized vehicles only

Dairy Road Overpass (Chester County, Pennsylvania)
Overhead wooden trestle 1883.Replaced by an old Pennsylvania Railroad Turntable in 1908
Bridge over former Pennsylvania Railroad Schuylkill Division on Dairy Road
Open to limited local traffic

Haldeman Island Bridge (Dauphin County, Pennsylvania)
Buillt between 1959 and 1968
Deck plate girder bridge over Arm of Susquehanna River on River Road
Open to traffic

Oak Street Bridge (Du Page County, Illinois)
Built ca. 1910
Girder bridge over the BNSF Railroad on Oak Street in Hinsdale
Demolished and replaced by new bridge

Route VV Bridge (Macon County, Missouri)
Built 1929 using a secondhand turntable
Plate girder bridge over the BNSF Railroad on Route VV
Open to traffic

SKOL - 11th Street Bridge (Montgomery County, Kansas)
Built 1958 Using a Relocated Turntable
Pony/through plate girder bridge over 11th Street (US-166) on South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad
Open to traffic

Summit Hill Road Bridge (Berkshire County, Massachusetts)
Moved here in 1926 using 1904 railroad turntable from Chester, MA
Deck plate girder bridge over CSX RR on Summit Hill Road in Washington
Open to traffic

Talbot Avenue Overpass (Montgomery County, Maryland)
Built 1918; redecked 1986; rehabilitated 1995, closed April 2017; removed for preservation July 2019
Pony/through plate girder bridge over CSX Transportation (former Baltimore & Ohio) on Talbot Avenue
Bridge removed for future preservation and construction of replacement July 2019

UP - Stanislaus River Bridge (Del Rio) (Stanislaus County, California)
Built 1955
Deck plate girder bridge over Stanislaus River on Union Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic

UP - West Fire Prairie Creek Bridge (Jackson County, Missouri)
Purchased by Jackson County 2014 for future development
Abandoned deck plate girder bridge over West Fire Prairie Creek on Union Pacific Railroad
Derelict/abandoned

WB&A - Crain Highway Overpass (Anne Arundel County, Maryland)
1921 cantilevered railroad turntable
Lost Bridge over Jabez Branch on WB&A RR
Removed but not replaced

White Bridge Road Bridge (Blair County, Pennsylvania)
Built 1929 using girders by American Bridge Co. built for railroad turntable
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Frankstown Branch Juniata River on White Bridge Road Bridge (T427)
Intact but closed to all traffic

White Rock Road Mariposa Creek Bridge (Mariposa County, California)
Built 1968 using turntable girders from early 1900s Yosemite Valley RR turntable at Merced Falls
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Mariposa Creek on White Rock Road
Open to traffic