Big Four Bridge

There is another huge railroad trestle about twelve (river miles) upstream on the Great Miami. It is located across the county line in Logan County about a half mile North/Northwest of the town of Quincy. It is about a thousand feet long, several spans and aprox. seventy feet tall crossing over the river and also County Road 73. This makes a total of three distinctive very long and tall railroad crossings (with two in Sidney) in a short driving distance. They all can be viewed on Google Earth or other satellite sites.

Last week I trailed all of the bridges on the Great Miami River from the Ohio River to its source at Indian Lake. The Big Four Bridge is five spans and is aprox. 90 feet tall maybe but no more than a hundred . You can study a topographic map which will show everything in ten foot contour intervals.

Last week I trailed all of the bridges on the Great Miami River from the Ohio River to its source at Indian Lake. The Big Four Bridge is five spans and is aprox. 90 feet tall maybe but no more than a hundred . You can study a topographic map which will show everything in ten foot contour intervals.

I found an interesting article on this bridge from the countie historical society: http://www.shelbycountyhistory.org/schs/archives/landmarks/big4landmarka.htm

Betsy, click on Nathan Holth's historicbridges.org link above, and it has blueprints that can give you a better idea of how tall it is.

Is there any information on how tall this bridge is?