Rix bridges on an angle?

[jargonlet]

I have a question for those that use the Rix highway bridge kit. I am working on a t-trak module that I plan to use a couple of Rix bridges. I have used these before in places that it was easy to hide how they sat on the abutment and did not use a bridge pier. These bridges on my module will both be on a grade and will be out in the open. My question is for those that have done it: How have you made these bridges prototypically accurate on grades in reguards to bridge piers and bridge feet?

[randgust]

I don't know if this answers your question or not, this is a modification of a regular Rix concrete bridge both on a grade and a curve to hide the 'hole' in a backdrop exit.   This was just a really big 'hack' on cutting the road plates first and then fitting everything else to it.   The prototype for this situation is at the end of the ex-ATSF yard in Winslow, AZ.



link:  http://www.randgust.com/winexit8.jpg

The Rix kits are just super easy to hack.

[wazzou]

It's not all that difficult to roll your own to suit the situation.
This one is from my old layout where the track was in a deep rock walled cut and I built this to carry a highway over the track.
you can see where the piers are trimmed near the bottom to be precisely snug against the rock cut.
Can't really tell from this photo, but it is built on a scewed angle.
I used the Rix railings, only.

[mdltrn]

I really like the Rix kits, but have found that in many cases I need to customize the bridge for the location in which it's being installed. Eventually, I found that it was just more efficient for me to use styrene stock (sheet and I-beams) to create the road and girders. I then adapt the railings/barriers and other details from the kit, as needed.

[nkalanaga]

Mdltrn:  I think that's what the prototype road builders did as well.  Those side pieces were precast, in sections, and they just built a bridge to fit the site, then added the railings.