Bridgehunter.com | Nickel Plate IMC State Road 19 underpass

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View facing North on SR19.

Photo taken by Anthony Dillon in January 2010

Overview: Pony/through plate girder bridge over State Road 19 on Hoosier Heritage Port Authority property/Indiana Transportation Museum operator(nee Norfolk Southern, N&W, NKP, Peru and Indianapolis Railroad) in Noblesville
Location: Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana
Status: Open to traffic
Future prospects: Already retrofitted with walkway attached to one side for trail. Could one day be part of a commuter rail line to Indianapolis.
History: Built 1936. On the second oldest rail line in Indiana, the bridge now has a walkway attached to the East(North)side of structure for trail from downtown Noblesville to Forrest Park. ITM runs excursions often over this bridge.
Design: pony/through plate girder
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 63.3 ft.
Total length: 69.9 ft.
Also called: Indiana Transportation Museum Forest Park bridge
State Road 21 underpass
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.04883, -86.01609 (decimal degrees)
40°02'56" N, 86°00'58" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/583927/4433640 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Noblesville
Inventory numbers: INNBI 004940 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 42469 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004): 10,579

Nickel Plate IMC State Road 19 underpass

Posted January 24, 2010, by Todd (mrwalk08 [at] aol [dot] com)

Always fun to see the latest old bridge to be marred by spray can toting hoodlums. Geesh!