Rating:
42651
{78}%
6 votes
CIRwy - Cicero Creek bridge
Description
Railroad was abandoned in 1982 by Conrail and tracks pulled up. ROW bought by Indiana Transportation Museum 1986, who had plans to one day rebuild line. City of Noblesville bought old line in 1991.
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Cicero Creek on former Conrail Railroad in Noblesville
- Location
- Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana
- Status
- Abandoned, but intact
- History
- Built ca. 1890's, abandoned in 1982
- Railroads
- - Central Indiana Railway (CIRwy)
- Conrail (CR)
- Midland Railway
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Design
- Main span: Pin-connected Pratt through truss
East approach: Timber stringer
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.04061, -86.03678 (decimal degrees)
40°02'26" N, 86°02'12" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/582172/4432708 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Noblesville
- Inventory number
- BH 42651 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 9, 2013: New Street View added by J.P.
- January 23, 2010: New photos from Anthony Dillon
- June 3, 2009: Essay added by James Norwood
Sources
- James Norwood
- Joshua Collins - Bigjc1979 [at] aol [dot] com
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
My great-great grandpa Joseph Thompson Jr. Died on that bridge in 1903, hit by a passage train. So the story goes....