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CR225E Overpass

Noble County, Indiana

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Photo courtesy of the Indiana State Department of Natural Resource, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology.

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Description 

Doomed

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over CSX Transportation on CR 225 East
Location
Noble County, Indiana
Status
Open To Traffic.
Future prospects
Available for reuse
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York (Likely fabricator)
Railroads
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (BO)
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
Design
Pinned and riveted Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 44.9 ft.
Total length: 106.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.4 ft.
Also called
County Bridge #134
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.38750, -85.38139   (decimal degrees)
41°23'15" N, 85°22'53" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/635329/4583038 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Albion
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
150
Inventory numbers
INNBI 5700066 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16729 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of April 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 24 (out of 100)
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Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,790)
Available for reuse (212)
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (597)
Built 1906 (692)
Built during 1900s (7,989)
CSX Railroad (1,885)
Indiana (5,251)
Noble County, Indiana (12)
One-lane traffic (8,137)
Open (41,560)
Owned by railroad (14,330)
 Pony truss (17,628)
Skewed (5,118)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,527)
Structurally deficient (12,452)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,665)
Truss (38,698)
Warren pony truss (3,649)
Warren pony truss with no verticals (74)
Warren truss (7,222)
Wooden deck (6,278)

Update Log 

  • May 9, 2017: Updated by Tony Dillon: Doomed
  • March 5, 2012: Updated by Nathan Holth: Bridge is not lost, open to traffic.
  • March 19, 2011: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Updated status
  • October 2, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Unknown status, but presumed to be lost

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CR225E Overpass
Posted March 13, 2020, by Scott Ash (sash5282 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

I talked to a man who lives by this bridge and he says there is a lot of talk about taking this out,the county doesn’t want it and the railroad wants to get rid of it (he says).