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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

Overview: Lost Warren deck truss bridge over Wabash River, Kienly Island via two separate bridges. on Formerly Interurban Indiana Union Traction(later Indiana Railroad) in Logansport
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 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
Also called: IR - Wabash River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.74071, -86.32250 (decimal degrees)
40°44'27" N, 86°19'21" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/557201/4510194 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Anoka
Inventory number: BH 42244 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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.

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