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CSX - Sugar Creek Bridge

Montgomery County, Indiana

Photos 

Photo taken circa 1893

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BH Photo #163736

Map 

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 (L&N; LN)
- Monon Railroad (MON)
Design
Two Deck plate girder spans and three Warren Deck truss spans set on limestone piers
Dimensions
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)

Categories 

19th Century (6,879)
Built during 1890s (2,742)
CSX Railroad (1,372)
Chicago, Indianapolis, & Louisville Railway (21)
Crawfordsville, Indiana (8)
Deck girder (5,045)
Girder (9,135)
Indiana (4,625)
 Louisville & Nashville Railroad (174)
Monon Railroad (23)
Montgomery County, Indiana (85)
Open (38,201)
Plate girder (6,947)
Railroad (14,358)
Total length 250-500 feet (4,883)

Update Log 

  • 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
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CSX - Sugar Creek Bridge
Posted September 7, 2019, by John Marvig (marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com)

It appears at least the truss was replaced on this bridge at some point.