Silver Creek RR Bridge

Photos 

Side Shot

Photo taken by J.P. in June 2009

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Map 

Facts 

Overview

Deck truss bridge over Silver Creek on abandoned Pennsylvania Railroad

Location

Clark County, Indiana, and Floyd County, Indiana

Status

Open to pedestrians in future

Future prospects

Will be adapted for rail trail. Nearby former Baltimore and Ohio(CSX) trackage to North to be added later.

Design

Warren deck truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 82.0 ft.
Total length: 218.0 ft.
Deck width: 10.0 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+38.29424, -85.79062   (decimal degrees)
38°17'39" N, 85°47'26" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/605756/4239153 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

New Albany

Inventory number

BH 42642 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• December 28, 2012: Updated by Clark Vance: Corrected location to the south
• June 25, 2012: New photos from J.P.
• December 17, 2011: Updated by J.P.: Added category "Riveted"
• July 18, 2011: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added rail to trail to categories
• June 30, 2010: Updated by J.P.: add possible build date
• April 5, 2010: New photos from James McCray
• February 21, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Added GPS coordinates
• June 1, 2009: Updated by James Norwood: Added railroad name, prospects, and corrected GPS co-ordinates. Great find JP!
• June 1, 2009: Added by J.P.

Sources 

• J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
• James Norwood
• Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
• James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Daniel Hopkins - chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net
• Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com

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