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Madison Railroad - Vernon Fork Muscatatuck River Bridge

Jennings County, Indiana

Photos 

Photo taken by Anthony Dillon

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BH Photo #136234

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pratt deck truss bridge over Vernon Fork Muscatatuck River in Vernon
Location
Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built ca.1890's
Railroads
- Madison Railroad (CMPA; MRR)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design
Pratt deck truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.98494, -85.60399   (decimal degrees)
38°59'06" N, 85°36'14" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/620911/4316032 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Vernon
Inventory number
BH 41939 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Deck truss (1,924)
Historic Bridge Weekend 2012 (47)
Indiana (5,097)
Jennings County, Indiana (83)
Madison Railroad (6)
Muscatatuck River (17)
Open (40,968)
Owned by railroad (13,494)
 Penn Central Railroad (1,537)
Pennsylvania Railroad (1,026)
Pin-connected (4,688)
Pratt deck truss (403)
Pratt truss (10,291)
Railroad (16,455)
Truss (35,432)
Vernon, Indiana (3)

Update Log 

  • March 23, 2010: New photos from James McCray
  • February 15, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Added GPS coordinates
  • November 4, 2009: Updated by J.P.: update corridnates, and what it carries
  • March 30, 2009: Added by Anthony Dillon

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Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Vernon Railroad Bridge
Posted April 20, 2013, by Richard Tekulve (canoeindiana [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This bridge just went through a renovation process but not near as bad as the Otter Creek Bridge just east of here. This bridge is located aprox. 1000 ft. East of the 1837 Vernon Underpass. A person could easily walk the distance (less than a half-mile) to both the two railroad trestles and the underpass in one trip.