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Erie - CR 700 West Overpass (Eastbound)
Photos
Looking North
Eastbound track in foreground(Plate girder), background features Westbound track's concrete arch. You can see the different elevations of the two tracks.
Photo taken by LJ. Thank you!
View this photo at indianarailroads.org
BH Photo #159051
Facts
- Overview
- Abandoned deck plate girder bridge over CR 700 West/ Forgy Road on Formerly Chicago and Indiana Railroad Eastbound track(nee Erie Western, Erie Lackawanna, Erie, Chicago and Atlantic Railroads)
- Location
- Disko, Wabash County, Indiana
- Status
- Removed in May of 2016
- History
- Original track right of way, later Eastbound track and at a much lower height than other track. Different construction as well. Rail line abandoned in early 1980's.
- Railroad
- - Erie Railroad (ERIE)
- Design
- Deck plate girder
- Dimensions
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Total length: 30.0 ft.
Deck width: 8.0 ft.
- Also called
- Erie - Forgy Road Overpass (Eastbound)
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.99320, -85.92687 (decimal degrees)
40°59'36" N, 85°55'37" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/590261/4538556 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Roann
- Inventory number
- BH 44603 (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.