Triple Crossing

A pretty spot and worth a stop in passing, this rail-​crossing is [unless I’m much mistaken] also the namesake for a local brewery of the same title. If a rail fanatic/​aficionado, it’s probably more exciting, but I just find the spot interesting on purely engineering/​architectural grounds, which is rather spiffy.

If you are an inexperienced Tourist here you may think this Triple Crossing has to do with the Toll Roads! No! When you see Three Bridges Crossing to and from Brown’s Island as I did you may think… (I did) and you are closer Technically and Geographically!
Tri-​Leveled RailRoad Crossing ! Now we are there! Might be a One-​of-​a-​kind in Rail Road Crossings! A Historical must see if you are down here! Plenty of other sights in the area

If you’re a rail-​fan and love/​enjoy watching trains as much as I do, make this a MUST SEE spot to stop at while passing through Richmond
The Triple Crossing in Richmond, Virginia is believed to be the only place in the world where three Class 1 railroads cross at different levels at the same spot.
–At the lowest (ground) level, the original Richmond and York River Railroad was extended after the Civil War to connect with the Richmond and Danville Railroad, later part of the Southern Railway System, currently part of Norfolk Southern. The line runs east to West Point, Virginia.
–The middle level was the main line of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, now part of CSX Transportation known as the «S» line, just south of Main Street Station. It is planned to become part of the Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor.
–At the top level is a 3-​mile long viaduct paralleling the north bank of the James River built by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in 1901 to link the former Richmond and Allegheny Railroad with C&O’s Peninsula Subdivision to Newport News and export coal piers. The viaduct, now owned by CSX Transportation, provided an alternate path to the notoriously unstable Church Hill Tunnel which buried a work train with fatalities on October 2, 1925. A locomotive and ten flat cars remain entombed with at least one rail worker, killing several others whose bodies were eventually recovered.
I greatly enjoy getting out and finding rare, unique places like this to see. Triple Crossing sits in a nice little city park in downtown Richmond. There is a canal that runs through the area with several informational signs about the local historical significance of the area. To be able to stand in the middle of the crossing you need to take a short walk to the Southside of the canal; don’t worry as there is a nice little foot bridge to the other-​side.
Cons: parking, kind of in a sketchy area (as long as you don’t show up at night) and the flood wall that runs through the area, thus limiting your photo opportunities.
**Overall the triple crossing has been a Richmond attraction for rail fans for over 100 years. A truly amazing sight to see and quite possibly the only viaduct on Earth where you will see three different rail lines meet.