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Looking at North side piers from South East Wabash River Road

North side of Kienly Island at left looking from Upstream. Other piers on other side of Island would be to left out of picture

Photo taken by James Norwood

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BH Photo #136722

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Description

Built to carry the Indiana Union Traction Company cars from Kokomo and Indianapolis across the Wabash River into Logansport on trackage shared with Ft. Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Co. that started North side of bridges

Facts

Overview: Lost Deck girder bridges over channel of Wabash River on former Indiana Union Traction at Keinley Island
Location: Logansport, Cass County, Indiana
Status: Lost
Future prospects: Bridge piers are still intact, Kienly Island which is between the two bridges is privately owned.
History: Built ca. 1905
Railroads: - Indiana Railroad (IR)
- Interurban
- Union Traction Company of Indiana (UTC)
Design: Deck plate girder
Also called: IR - Wabash River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.74127, -86.32309 (decimal degrees)
40°44'29" N, 86°19'23" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/557151/4510256 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Anoka
Inventory number: BH 42244 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

April 13, 2009: New photo from James Norwood
April 9, 2009: New photo from James Norwood
April 7, 2009: Added by James Norwood

Sources

James Norwood
South Wabash River Road looking East at South approach. - Left side of pic's support is still there, abutment to right is cut back to make Road wider.

Comments

Indiana Union Traction Wabash River Bridges(two separate spans)

Posted April 9, 2009, by James Norwood

View from North bank of Wabash River looking at piers with Kienly Island in background can be found at http://home.att.net/~burtontun/logansport1.htm

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