C&O Railroad Taylor Ditch bridge

Photos

As seen from adjacent Indiana highway 18

South side

Photo taken by James Norwood

BH Photo #163575

Overview: Timber stringer bridge over Taylor Ditch on Kokomo Grain/Winamac Southern Railway/US Rail Corporation(nee CSX, Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad aka Chessie System)
Location: Grant County, Indiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Once part of heavy duty rail line from Chicago to Cincinatti and points East. Line cut back and this section from Amboy to Marion still survives. Formely carried Amtrak's Cardinal and James Whitcomb Riley passenger trains until 1986.
Railroads: - CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (C&O; CO)
- Chessie System
Design: all wooden with exception of part of supports which use concrete instead of usual pile driven timbers.
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 12.5 ft.
Total length: 64.0 ft.
Deck width: 10.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.57660, -85.85138 (decimal degrees)
40°34'36" N, 85°51'05" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/597216/4492391 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Sweetser
Inventory number: BH 44999 (Bridgehunter.com ID)