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PRR Ray's Crossing Bridge

Shelby County, Indiana

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Bridge For Sale

160 year history, needs work! (Just kidding.)

Photo taken by Ed Hollowell in December 2009

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BH Photo #160043

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Facts 

Overview
Abandoned steel stringer bridge over Branch of Lewis Creek on Abandoned Rushville & Shelbyville Railroad
Location
Rays Crossing, Shelby County, Indiana
Status
Abandoned
History
Road built 1850, abandoned by Conrail in 1976
Railroad
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design
Stone Abutments
Dimensions
Total length: 18.0 ft.
Deck width: 8.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.54040, -85.70397   (decimal degrees)
39°32'25" N, 85°42'14" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/611368/4377549 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Rays Crossing
Elevation
820 ft. above sea level
Inventory number
BH 44670 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,682)
Beam (15,802)
Have street view (27,065)
Indiana (4,933)
Lost 1976 (88)
Lost during 1970s (791)
Owned privately (1,745)
 Pennsylvania Railroad (903)
Railroad (15,601)
Rays Crossing, Indiana (1)
Shelby County, Indiana (60)
Steel stringer (6,284)
Total length under 25 feet (2,505)

Update Log 

  • April 20, 2010: Updated by James Norwood: added creek name, ownership, other
  • March 30, 2010: Added by Ed Hollowell

Sources 

  • Ed Hollowell - erhollowell [at] aol [dot] com
  • James Norwood

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