Bridgehunter.com | PC - West Fork White River Bridge

Photos

Looking East-Southeast

The four Southernmost spans.

Photo taken by Joshua Collins in November 2009

BH Photo #151260

Overview: Abandoned thirteen-span deck plate girder bridge over West Fork White River and W. Grand Ave. on former Penn Central Railroad(nee Pennsylvania, Chicago Great Eastern, Cincinnatti and Chicago Air Line)
Location: Anderson, Madison County, Indiana
Status: Abandoned, the two Northernmost spans gone
History: Once part of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Richmond Branch taking trains from Cincinnatti to Anoka(Logansport) and onto Chicago. This line was abandoned when Conrail took over in 1976 and didn't include sections of this line in its company.
Railroads: - Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design: deck plate girder
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.11793, -85.68029 (decimal degrees)
40°07'05" N, 85°40'49" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/612457/4441681 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Anderson South
Inventory number: BH 43820 (Bridgehunter.com ID)