Plans, Trains, and Automobiles
The Belmont Bridge, coal's decline, and passenger train service from the Blue Ridge to The Beach.
Back in 2012, during planning discussions about replacing the Belmont Bridge, several people made compelling arguments that we no longer needed a bridge at all because train traffic beneath it - the reason for the bridge - would decline as demand for coal diminished. That's becaus…
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