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Coal Creek Railroad Bridge

Fountain County, Indiana
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Overview
Abandoned closed-spandrel arch bridge over Coal Creek on Abandoned Chicago, Attica and Southern Railroad
Location
Veedersburg, Fountain County, Indiana
Status
Derelict/abandoned
Design
Closed-spandrel arch
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.11191, -87.25579   (decimal degrees)
40°06'43" N, 87°15'21" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/478201/4440209 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 19 N., R. 7 W., Sec. 7
Elevation
601 ft. above sea level
USGS topographic map
Veedersburg, IN
Inventory number
BH 53994 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (1,368)
Arch (9,417)
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad (7)
Chicago & Great Southern Railway (1)
Chicago & Indiana Coal Railway (1)
Chicago, Attica, & Southern Railway (1)
Closed-spandrel arch (2,753)
 Continuous (898)
Deck arch (8,694)
Fountain County, Indiana (53)
Indiana (3,348)
New York Central Railroad (57)
Railroad (4,063)
Veedersburg, Indiana (2)

Update Log 

  • May 17, 2013: Updated by Clark Vance: Added category "New York Central Railroad"
  • October 19, 2012: Added by J.P.

Sources 

  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Coal Creek Railroad Bridge
Posted May 17, 2013, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

1967 topo shows RR as Penn Central and N-S as Norfolk and Western.

Coal Creek Railroad Bridge
Posted May 17, 2013, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

1958 topo shows RR as New York Central.

New York, Chicago, and St. Louis runs through town N-S.

Coal Creek Railroad Bridge
Posted May 17, 2013, by Jeff Wieland (jjwieland [at] gmail [dot] com)

I'm thinking that this bridge was on the former Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway (Big Four). The Chicago, Attica, and Southern was further west, and ran north-south.