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IORY/Wabash Cannonball Trail Overpass
Description
One of nine overpasses erected as part of an 8.4-mile elevated section (the "Delta Hill") built to carry the Malinta Cutoff portion of the DT&I line over the New York Central and Wabash lines near Delta.Facts
- Overview
- Pony/through plate girder bridge over Wabash Cannonball Trail (former Wabash Railroad) on Indiana and Ohio Railway
- Location
- Fulton County, Ohio
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built around 1928-1929 for DT&I Railroad
- Railroads
- - Indiana & Ohio Railway (IORY)
- Wabash Railroad (WAB)
- Design
- North to south
Two concrete T-beam spans with arched facade
One riveted through plate girder span
Two concrete T-beam spans with arched facade - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.55570, -84.03272 (decimal degrees)
41°33'21" N, 84°01'58" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/747458/4604700 (zone/easting/northing)
- Elevation
- 750 ft. above sea level
- Inventory number
- BH 94071 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- August 25, 2021: Updated by Luke: Corrected railroads to pre-existing categories
- August 25, 2021: Added by Paul Plassman
- August 24, 2021: New photos from Paul Plassman
Sources
- Paul Plassman
- michiganrailroads.com - Railroad That Went No Place (but eventually made it), The DT&I - Part 2 - History of the railroad
- Delta, Oh Questions - RailRoadFan.com
- Luke
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A massive and imposing overpass on a line with interesting historical connections to Henry Ford (see links in sources).