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Photo taken by Nick in October 2010

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Bridge is located along the East side of Victor Pike just South of a diamond with a former Monon Railroad branch line to several other quarries. Just South of here is the much larger Wright Branch bridge. This line and Monon line all abandoned today.

Facts

Overview: Abandoned Timber stringer bridge over unknown creek on former Illinois Central Railroad south of Bloomington
Location: Monroe County, Indiana
Status: Abandoned
Future prospects: Could be used for future extension of Bloomington rail trails.
History: Built by Illinois Central's subsidiary Bloomington Southern Railroad to reach the Victor stone Quarry.
Railroads: - Bloomington Southern Railroad (BS)
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC)
Design: Timber stringer
Also called: IC - Victor Pike Trestle
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.07953, -86.56863 (decimal degrees)
39°04'46" N, 86°34'07" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/537311/4325690 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Clear Creek
Inventory number: BH 50890 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

August 5, 2014: Updated by James Norwood: Updated names and dates, added categories
March 4, 2012: New photos from Jacob P. Bernard
January 9, 2012: Added by Nick

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Nick
Jacob P. Bernard
James Norwood

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Bloomington Southern - Victor Pike Trestle

Posted January 19, 2015, by Bob Poortinga (bh [dot] 10 [dot] bobp [at] xoxy [dot] net)

Monroe County has acquired the RoW of the IC Indiana Southern and this former branch line is going to be converted to a trail. This bridge will either be refurbished or replaced, along with the wooden trestle along Victor Pike south of this bridge.