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Erie - CR 700 West Overpass (Westbound)
Photos
Eastbound track in foreground(deck plate girder), Westbound in background(arch). Notice the grade separations.
Photo taken by LJ. Thank you!
View this photo at indianarailroads.org
BH Photo #159050
Facts
- Overview
- Abandoned closed-spandrel arch bridge over CR 700 West/ Forgy Road on Formerly Chicago and Indiana Railroad Westbound track(nee Erie Western, Erie Lackawanna, Erie, Chicago and Atlantic Railroads)
- Location
- Disko, Wabash County, Indiana
- Status
- Removed in May of 2016
- History
- Part of former Erie Railroad which was double tracked. Rail lines are on separate grade elevations, with Westbound track right of way much higher and built 1911-1916.
- Railroad
- - Erie Railroad (ERIE)
- Design
- Looks to be a concrete arch, unlike nearby Eastbound track right of way which is of deck plate metal girder construction.
- Dimensions
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Total length: 30.0 ft.
- Also called
- Forgy Road Overpass (Westbound)
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.99347, -85.92689 (decimal degrees)
40°59'36" N, 85°55'37" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/590259/4538586 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Roann
- Inventory number
- BH 44602 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
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I have some photos of this somewhere before it was removed, will see if I can find them and post them. Used to drive under this really neat overpass regularly.