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CSX - Sugar Creek Bridge
Description
Originally built as a 2-span Pratt Deck Truss. The North span was damaged during a derailment in 1892 and replaced by the extant Warren Deck Truss. The South span was later replaced with Deck plate girders. An additional pier was added at that time.Facts
- Overview
- Deck girder bridge over Sugar Creek on CSX Transportation north of Crawfordsville
- Location
- Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built ca. 1893 for the Monon Railroad
- Railroads
- - CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Chicago, Indianapolis, & Louisville Railway (CIL)
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad (LN)
- Monon Railroad (MON)
- Dimensions
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Total length: 262.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.05806, -86.89970 (decimal degrees)
40°03'29" N, 86°53'59" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/508554/4434205 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Crawfordsville
- Inventory number
- BH 45068 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- August 20, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- February 24, 2021: New photo from Tony Dillon
- April 27, 2010: Updated by James Norwood: Corrected creek name, added railroad history
- April 25, 2010: Added by Jacob P. Bernard
Sources
- Jacob P. Bernard
- James Norwood
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Geoff Hubbs
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It appears at least the truss was replaced on this bridge at some point.