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CSX - Twin Bridge

Hendricks County, Indiana

Photos 

Photo taken in 1907

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BH Photo #173486

Map 

Street View 

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.

This bridge, along with an abutment of the 'Big Four - Twin Bridges', & the 'Twin Bridges', which are listed here in Bridge Hunter, are all included in one 'Twin Bridges' listing in the NRHP (see Landmark Hunter).

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
Builder
- Bates & Rogers Construction Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Railroads
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway (CCC&StL; Big Four)
- Conrail (CR)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
Design
Open-spandrel concrete arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 90.0 ft.
Total length: 275.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on March 15, 2000
Also called
The Big Four RR Bridge
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)
Quadrangle map:
Danville
Inventory numbers
NRHP 00000200 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 44698 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,829)
Bates & Rogers Construction Co. (42)
Built 1906 (684)
Built during 1900s (7,881)
CSX Railroad (1,838)
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway (214)
Conrail (1,777)
Danville, Indiana (5)
Deck arch (12,051)
Have street view (30,157)
Hendricks County, Indiana (96)
 Indiana (5,225)
NR-listed (3,027)
New York Central Railroad (1,061)
Open (41,354)
Open-spandrel arch (824)
Owned by railroad (14,004)
Penn Central Railroad (1,600)
Railroad (16,930)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,785)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,682)

Update Log 

  • August 25, 2020: New photo from Tony Dillon
  • May 6, 2020: New photo from Tony Dillon
  • August 7, 2018: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • January 9, 2018: Updated by Luke: Added builder
  • January 19, 2015: Updated by Jim Allen: added NRHP note in description
  • September 22, 2013: New Street View added by Brent Tindall
  • 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

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Joshua Collins - Bigjc1979 [at] aol [dot] com
  • Jacob P. Bernard
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Brent Tindall - bizzat219 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Jim Allen
  • Luke
  • Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com

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