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CSX - Little Walnut Creek Bridge

Putnam County, Indiana

Photos 

Photo taken by Robert Stephenson in May 2008

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BH Photo #152927

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Little Walnut Creek and CR 500W on CSX Transportation
Location
Putnam County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1906 for the Big Four Railroad
Railroads
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway (CCC&StL; Big Four)
- Conrail (CR)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
Design
Open-spandrel concrete arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 85.0 ft.
Total length: 345.0 ft.
Also called
Big Four - Little Walnut Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.62449, -86.94222   (decimal degrees)
39°37'28" N, 86°56'32" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/504959/4386082 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Reelsville
Inventory number
BH 43916 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,095)
Built 1906 (622)
Built during 1900s (7,224)
CSX Railroad (1,662)
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway (159)
Conrail (1,554)
Deck arch (11,333)
Indiana (4,918)
 New York Central Railroad (874)
Open (39,882)
Open-spandrel arch (759)
Owned by railroad (12,414)
Putnam County, Indiana (97)
Railroad (15,410)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,429)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,224)

Update Log 

  • November 24, 2018: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • July 10, 2014: New photos from Andrew Raker
  • January 19, 2010: Added by Robert Stephenson

Sources 

  • Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Andrew Raker
  • Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com

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