01-22-2015, 02:35 PM
Catt Wrote:The guard rails would most likely be a nice shade of rust so the profile should not really .Depending on the era you may or may not need to use the guard rails.Quite a few of the newer bridges don't use them.
That's interesting about new bridges not having them. I'm using the bridge over Rancocas Creek, Burlington County New Jersey near Hainesport as the prototype. Having found some photos today which I believe are the prototype and from what I can see it has no guard rails! <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.flickriver.com/places/United+States/New+Jersey/Hainesport/Rancocas+Heights/">http://www.flickriver.com/places/United ... s+Heights/</a><!-- m -->
It does have the ties closer together so having proper bridge track is accurate. I will however consider whether *my* bridge will have guard rails as I actually quite like them.
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