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Big Creek Railroad bridge

Jefferson County, Indiana
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Photo taken by J.P. in November 2009

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Overview
Pratt deck truss bridge over Big Creek on Madison Railroad
Location
Jefferson County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
Future prospects
Railroad is going to replace this soon
Design
Pratt deck truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.86865, -85.49634   (decimal degrees)
38°52'07" N, 85°29'47" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/630448/4303274 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Clifty Falls
Inventory number
BH 43583 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Deck truss (952)
Doomed (786)
Indiana (3,348)
Jefferson County, Indiana (35)
Open (28,294)
Owned by railroad (4,034)
Pratt deck truss (169)
Pratt truss (5,653)
Truss (23,559)

Update Log 

  • November 16, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Bridge is to be replaced
  • March 23, 2010: New photos from James McCray
  • November 4, 2009: Added by J.P.

Sources 

  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
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Big Creek Railroad bridge
Posted November 23, 2010, by Mark Gish (gishm [at] roadrunner [dot] com)

The Local newspaper said that this bridge will be replaced. Work is scheduled to start this week.

http://madisoncourier.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=59890&SectionID=178&SubSectionID=961

Big Creek Railroad bridge
Posted January 16, 2010, by Don

Nice pics J.P!