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FT. W&WV - Rock Creek Bridge
Description
Built for the interurban line that went from Ft. Wayne to Lafayette that went out of business in 1930's. Most of the line's ROW is still open and runs beside the Norfolk Southern Railroad (Wabash RR) from Logansport to Lafayette.Link to photo at Carroll County Historical Museum site
Written by James Norwood
http://www.carrollcountymuseum.org/photo/item.php?in=101202
Looks like it was taken from the former Wabash Railroad bridge North side approach that is still there today and used by Norfolk Southern Railroad. Somewhat visible when travelling Indiana 25 if you look under the NS bridge and look for the green utility pipes that are part of the old bridge abutments that remain today.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost deck girder bridge over Rock Creek on former Ft. Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction northeast of Rockfield
- Location
- Rockfield, Carroll County, Indiana
- Status
- Removed
- Builder
- - Lafayette Engineering Co. of Lafayette, Indiana
- Railroads
- - Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction Co. (FtW&WV)
- Interurban
- Lafayette & Logansport Traction Co. (L&L)
- Design
- Deck plate girder
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.65180, -86.55388 (decimal degrees)
40°39'06" N, 86°33'14" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/537715/4500200 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Burrows
- Inventory number
- BH 42345 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- August 10, 2012: Updated by J.P.: Added category "railroad"
- April 14, 2009: Essay added by James Norwood
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