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Wabash - Attica Bridge (2nd)

Fountain County, Indiana, and Warren County, Indiana

Photos 

Wabash River Bridge, Attica

Pub. by The B. H. Grimes Co., Frankfort, Ind.

View this photo at brisray.com

BH Photo #183687

Map 

Description 

The Continental Limited train was the one that wrecked on it in 1914. Bridge had been damaged earlier that same day after a freight train derailment. Railroad officials had sent a switch engine over the bridge after cleanup to see if it would hold up as the Continental Limited was due to pass soon. They gave the ok for the passenger train to cross, which it did a a crawl, but the bridge had been damaged further that they thought and some of the cars fell 25 feet killing 3 and injuring 40. Dozens witnessed the wreck as a crowd had gathered while the earlier derailment was being cleaned up. The bridge was somehow fixed and reopened one week after the disaster for traffic. Today a deck plate girder system is used across this bridge site and Norfolk Southern Railway has 25 or more trains a day crossing it.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Through truss bridge over Wabash River on Wabash Railroad at Attica
Location
Attica, Fountain County, Indiana, and Warren County, Indiana
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1892; Spans A and B destroyed in 1914 derailment; Replaced 1922
Builder
- Pencoyd Iron Works of Pencoyd, Pennsylvania [also known as A & P Roberts Co.]
Railroads
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Wabash Railroad (WAB)
Design
1-110' Pratt Through Truss
1-154' Pratt Through Truss
2-156' Pratt Through Truss
1-152' Pratt Through Truss
1-131' Pratt Through Truss
12-78' Deck Plate Girders
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 153.0 ft.
Total length: 1,795.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 22.0 ft.
Also called
Wabash Railroad Bridge #453
Wabash Railway bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.29940, -87.24930   (decimal degrees)
40°17'58" N, 87°14'57" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/478813/4461018 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Attica
Inventory number
BH 46702 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,090)
A & P Roberts Co. (44)
Attica, Indiana (6)
Built 1892 (248)
Built during 1890s (3,282)
Deck girder (6,404)
Fountain County, Indiana (75)
Girder (11,355)
Indiana (5,201)
Lost (30,065)
Lost 1922 (93)
Lost during 1920s (792)
Norfolk Southern Railway (2,155)
Owned by railroad (13,741)
 Pencoyd Iron Works (43)
Pin-connected (5,078)
Plate girder (8,884)
Pratt through truss (6,235)
Pratt truss (10,551)
Railroad (16,675)
Replaced by new bridge (20,462)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,499)
Through truss (17,905)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (2,024)
Truss (36,826)
Wabash Railroad (594)
Wabash River (133)
Warren County, Indiana (42)

Update Log 

  • March 23, 2021: Updated by John Marvig: added information
  • January 1, 2015: Updated by James Holzmeier: Added Wabash bridge number; updated measurements
  • July 26, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Wabash Railroad"
  • October 27, 2010: Added by James Norwood

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