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Country Road 475 East/500 East Pennsylvania Railroad viaduct

Cass County, Indiana
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West side October 2005

Someone has had fun painting "Buddy Town", though Anoka is the town's name on this Winamac Southern Railroad line

Photo taken by James Norwood

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Overview
Steel stringer bridge over Cass County Road 475 East, or Country Road 500 East's terminus in Anoka on Winamac Southern Railway(nee Conrail, Penn Central, Pennsylvania RR, Chicago Great Eastern, New Castle and Richmond, other) in Anoka
Location
Anoka, Cass County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Probably built to help locals access adjacent US 35 when trains would be waiting to enter a busy Rairoad junction just North of here. Floods easily, and school bus travels under it daily despite it's low clearance.
Design
Steel stringer
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.71707, -86.27872   (decimal degrees)
40°43'01" N, 86°16'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/560920/4507600 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Anoka
Inventory number
BH 42210 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Anoka, Indiana (2)
Beam (6,156)
Cass County, Indiana (77)
Conrail (48)
Indiana (3,350)
Open (28,454)
Owned by railroad (4,120)
 Penn Central Railroad (37)
Pennsylvania Railroad (172)
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago, & St. Louis Railroad (23)
Railroad (4,223)
Steel stringer (2,379)
Winamac Southern Railway (8)

Update Log 

  • April 6, 2009: Updated by James Norwood
  • April 4, 2009: Added by James Norwood

Sources 

  • James Norwood

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