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Paoli Railroad Bridge

Orange County, Indiana
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Description 

Originally built of wood construction and replaced. This bridge connected the Monon's mainline at Orleans with the resort towns of West Baden and French Lick. Abandoned in 1982 and removed. 85 feet high.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Lost River on former Monon Railroad in Paoli
Location
Paoli, Orange County, Indiana
Status
Demolished
History
Built 1904, demolished in 1982
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Total length: 870.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.56672, -86.46250   (decimal degrees)
38°34'00" N, 86°27'45" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/546825/4268833 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Paoli
Inventory number
BH 42719 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1904 (327)
Built during 1900s (4,266)
Chicago, Indianapolis, & Louisville Railway (20)
Deck girder (1,830)
Girder (3,286)
Indiana (3,350)
Lost (10,487)
Lost 1982 (51)
Lost during 1980s (440)
 Louisville & Nashville Railroad (62)
Orange County, Indiana (40)
Owned by railroad (4,119)
Paoli, Indiana (4)
Plate girder (2,284)
Railroad (4,220)
Tall Bridges (163)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,819)

Update Log 

  • August 25, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Railroad", "Louisville & Nashville Railroad", "Monon Railroad"
  • August 25, 2012: New photos from Jacob P. Bernard
  • June 6, 2009: Added by James Norwood

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  • James Norwood
  • Jacob P. Bernard - jacob_bernard [at] yahoo [dot] com
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