CR 225 South Erie Railroad overpass

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Photo taken by Howard

BH Photo #159053

Overview: Pony truss bridge over Formerly Chicago and Indiana Railroad Westbound track(nee Erie Western, Erie Lackawanna, Erie, Chicago and Atlantic Railroads) on Former section of County road 225 South, section is now private drive.
Location: Fulton County, Indiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built to carry this rural county road over the Westbound track of the Erie Railroad between 1911-1916. Eastbound track crossed at ground level on South side of bridge approach.
Railroad: - Erie Railroad (ERIE)
Design: The railroad had made a cut through here for adding a second track in the 1910's bringing the need for this structure. Single lane.
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 65.0 ft.
Total length: 118.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.01998, -85.99194 (decimal degrees)
41°01'12" N, 85°59'31" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/584754/4541464 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Silver Lake
Inventory number: BH 44606 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Posted July 5, 2020, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

I agree John, I've always felt like this one was relocated here.

CR 225 South Erie Railroad overpass

Posted July 5, 2020, by John Marvig (marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com)

This one looks to be a recycled span originally built for railroad use. It is unusual to see laced endposts on a span like this.