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Nickel Plate Trail Little Weesau Creek Bridge
Photos
West side April 2009
Hard to see behind private residence and barn at this time.
Photo taken by James Norwood
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BH Photo #139295
Facts
- Overview
- Deck plate girder bridge over Little Weesau Creek on Nickel Plate Trail soon, formerly Norfolk Southern(nee N&W, Nickel Plate Road, Lake Erie and Western, others)
- Location
- Miami County, Indiana
- Status
- Open to pedstrians on the Nickle Plate Trail
- Future prospects
- Reworked for use by pedestrians by Nickel Plate Trial group via Indiana Trails Fund who has ownership of rail line which was abandoned and Railbanked in 1999. Railbanking ensures ROW is left intact for possible reactivation of rail line or use by utilities.
- Railroads
- - New York, Chicago, & St. Louis Railroad (NKP)
- Norfolk & Western Railway (NW)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Design
- Deck plate girder
- Also called
- NKP Little Weesau Creek Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.88232, -86.09273 (decimal degrees)
40°52'56" N, 86°05'34" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/576438/4526089 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Deedsville
- Inventory number
- BH 42457 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- July 18, 2011: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: added Rail to Trail status
- April 28, 2009: Essay added by James Norwood
- April 27, 2009: Added by James Norwood
Sources
- James Norwood
- Daniel Hopkins - chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net
Is there a plaque on the bridge? That might provide a clue if it did. Here is a turntable bridge had a unique plaque that listed patents and other info that would not be found on a deck plate girder bridge: http://www.historicbridges.org/michigan/turntable/