elevated tracks
Trains running overhead
Elevated tracks are railway lines built on raised structures above street level, typically supported by columns or viaducts.
The term most often refers to urban transit systems—the "el" in Chicago, sections of New York's subway that run above ground: The train rumbled along the elevated tracks through Brooklyn.
The elevation keeps trains separated from street traffic and pedestrians below.
- monorailsVehicles on single beams
- L trainElevated urban transit line
- steel girdersStructural support beams
- steel beamsStructural metal supports
- light rail systemsUrban electric transit infrastructure
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- NYC infrastructuresubway, sewers, water mains, streets, sidewalks
- Rail RoutesTrans-Siberian, narrow gauge, mountain railways, tram lines, streetcar lines
- railwaystrains, train, locomotives, locomotive, rails
- rail transitsubway, metro, tram, train, trains