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West Fork White Lick Creek Railroad Bridge

Hendricks County, Indiana
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Photo taken in 1907

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Description 

Over the years, people have thought this bridge may be haunted. Most of the explanations are almost the same to those of another very similar bridge in Avon, which is also thought to be haunted. No one really knows which one is haunted, or if either one actually is haunted.

Facts 

Overview
Concrete arch bridge over West Fork White Lick Creek and Shady Lane on CSX Transportation southeast of Danville
Location
Danville, Hendricks County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1906 for the Big Four Railroad
Design
Open-spandrel concrete arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 90.0 ft.
Total length: 275.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.75410, -86.50436   (decimal degrees)
39°45'15" N, 86°30'16" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/542459/4400582 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Danville
Inventory number
BH 44698 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (9,438)
Built 1906 (362)
Built during 1900s (4,266)
CSX Railroad (583)
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway (27)
Danville, Indiana (4)
Deck arch (8,723)
Hendricks County, Indiana (75)
 Indiana (3,350)
Open (28,452)
Open-spandrel arch (583)
Owned by railroad (4,119)
Railroad (4,220)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,739)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,381)

Update Log 

  • September 23, 2010: New photo from Jacob P. Bernard
  • August 23, 2010: New photo from Jacob P. Bernard
  • May 15, 2010: New photo from Jacob P. Bernard
  • May 11, 2010: New photos from Anthony Dillon
  • April 28, 2010: New photo from Jacob P. Bernard
  • April 4, 2010: New photo from Jacob P. Bernard
  • April 3, 2010: New photo from Jacob P. Bernard
  • April 2, 2010: Added by Joshua Collins

Sources 

  • Joshua Collins - Bigjc1979 [at] aol [dot] com
  • Jacob P. Bernard - jacob_bernard [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com

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