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A train derailed while crossing a temporary wooden trestle in Woodbridge, New Jersey, causing 85 deaths.
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Woodbridge train derailment
1951 public transit accident in New Jersey, U.S.
On February 6, 1951, a Pennsylvania Railroad train derailed on a temporary wooden trestle in Woodbridge, New Jersey, United States, killing 85 passengers. It remains New Jersey's deadliest train wreck, the deadliest U.S. derailment since 1918 and the deadliest peacetime rail…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Trestle bridge
Bridge of short spans supported by rigid frames
A trestle bridge is a bridge composed of a number of short spans supported by closely spaced frames usually carrying a railroad line. A trestle is a rigid frame used as a support, historically a tripod used to support a stool or a pair of isosceles triangles joined at their…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Woodbridge Township, New Jersey
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Woodbridge Township is a township in northern Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is a regional hub of transportation and commerce for central New Jersey and a major bedroom suburb of New York City, within the New York metropolitan area. Located…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)