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WAB - Wildcat Creek Bridge

Tippecanoe County, Indiana

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Overview
Lost Deck truss bridge over Wildcat Creek on Wabash Railroad
Location
Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Original 501' iron truss bridge built 1879; replaced 1886 with this bridge; new deck added 1899; replaced by a new bridge at an unknown date
Railroad
- Wabash Railroad (WAB)
Design
169' 3-span deck iron truss; 42' 2-span steel stringer on masonry (east approach); 61' one-span steel stringer on masonry (west approach)
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 169.0 ft.
Total length: 608.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.5 ft.
Also called
Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad Bridge #379
Wabash Railroad Bridge #584
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.44929, -86.85252   (decimal degrees)
40°26'57" N, 86°51'09" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/512505/4477636 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Lafayette East
Inventory number
BH 65810 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,706)
Built 1899 (403)
Built during 1890s (3,021)
Deck truss (1,770)
Indiana (4,962)
Lafayette, Indiana (17)
Lost (25,531)
 Owned by railroad (12,668)
Railroad (15,792)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,258)
Tippecanoe County, Indiana (59)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,892)
Truss (33,256)
Wabash Railroad (575)

Update Log 

  • April 14, 2015: Updated by Tony Dillon: Fixed typos and corrected incorrect names

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