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TP&W/Pennsylvania Railroad 18th Street Bridge Wabash River

Cass County, Indiana
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East side November 2005

View from 18th Street Bridge in bad light. This is one long bridge.

Photo taken by James Norwood

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Overview
Deck truss bridge over Wabash River on Toledo, Peoria, Western Railroad (formerly Winamac Southern, Conrail, Penn Central, and Pennsylvania Railroads. in Logansport
Location
Logansport, Cass County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Once part of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Busy Columbus main line, as well as carrying Richmond Branch trains, this formerly double tracked bridge replaced an earlier single track through truss bridge that was East of current bridge.
Design
Open deck, very large.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.74365, -86.34931   (decimal degrees)
40°44'37" N, 86°20'57" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/554936/4510503 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Anoka
Inventory number
BH 42206 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Cass County, Indiana (77)
Conrail (46)
Deck girder (1,800)
Girder (3,236)
Indiana (3,348)
Logansport, Indiana (28)
Open (28,309)
Owned by railroad (4,039)
 Penn Central Railroad (36)
Pennsylvania Railroad (167)
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago, & St. Louis Railroad (23)
Plate girder (2,250)
Railroad (4,070)
Toledo, Peoria, & Western Railroad (19)
Wabash River (87)

Update Log 

  • April 7, 2009: New photos from James Norwood
  • April 6, 2009: Updated by James Norwood
  • April 4, 2009: Added by James Norwood

Sources 

  • James Norwood
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TP&W/Pennsylvania Railroad 18th Street Bridge Wabash River
Posted April 4, 2009, by James Norwood

I would love to add a photo of the deck from trackside, but approaches on railroad(of course)and adjacent private property are marked NO TRESPASSING. I once ventured back there on the South approach many years ago and could see that the current track is on the East side of bridge, West side has many missing cross ties making it dangerous to even try to walk that side. Old bridge end support was somewhat visible too, as well as another pier in the middle of the river that has since disappeared from Wabash River flooding. The South side had an old Pennsylvania Railroad tower called "RACE" at the nearby once very busy YARD A aka 18th Street yard.

I have another photo of a Southbound Central Railroad of Indianapolis (CERA)train that I will post when I find it. CERA used to be the operator of Winamac Southern Railroad(WSRY) which had track up to the East side of YARD A. CERA was also a sister road to the TP&W via Railamerica Incorporated and would use this bridge to access the WSRY Bringhurst line which started on Logansport's West side near Cole Hardwood at the former "VAN" junction. Jay