GR&I - Wabash River Bridge

Photos 

Circa 1971 photo of bridge with Penn Central freight.

3 classic EMD F7's "Covered Wagons" lead a freight past this structure.

From Denniz Jiminez collection

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BH Photo #143038

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Abandoned through truss bridge over Wabash River on former Penn Central (ex- Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad) Not included in Conrail system after Penn Central failure. in Ceylon, between Geneva and Berne.

Location

Adams County, Indiana

Status

Abandoned, South span removed, North one remains. Original South span damaged in derailment and replaced. After abandonment, newer South span removed and reused in unknown location.

Future prospects

Possibly part of new trail. There is talk of another through truss in Decatur over St. Mary's River being replaced soon and old bridge brought down and installed in missing spans place. "New" bridge is on same former Grand Rapids and Indiana line, but section between Decatur and Fort Wayne is still in use by Chicago Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad.

History

Part of the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad "Fishing Line" from Cincinatti to Northern Michigan in conjunction with the Pere Marquette Railroad, later part of the Pennsylvania Railroad empire.

Railroads

- Conrail (CR)
- Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad (GR&I)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)

Design

Pinned Pratt through truss

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.61699, -84.95357   (decimal degrees)
40°37'01" N, 84°57'13" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/673105/4498253 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Geneva

Inventory number

BH 42647 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• July 15, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad", "Penn Central Railroad", "Conrail"
• August 9, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
• December 17, 2011: Updated by J.P.: Added categories "Pin-connected", "Missing deck", "Missing spans"
• November 16, 2010: New photos from Anthony Dillon
• April 25, 2010: New photo from Tom Hall
• April 25, 2010: New Street View added by Kim Harvey
• April 24, 2010: Updated by James Norwood: Added new information
• February 20, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: updated design
• July 20, 2009: New photo from James Norwood
• June 2, 2009: Added by James Norwood

Sources 

• James Norwood
• Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
• Kim Harvey
• Tom Hall - thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com

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