Bridgehunter.com | FT. W&WV - Robinson Ditch bridge

Photos

View from old Indiana 25/Old Main Street circa 1910

Looking due North. Today this area is wooded, viaduct to left remains, but this bridge is removed.

Photo taken A W Wolever circa 1910

BH Photo #184283

Located in very heavily wooded area today, with viaduct under former Monon trackage nearby as well.

Overview: Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Robinson Ditch on formerly Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company(ex-Lafayette & Logansport Traction Company, Indiana Service Corporation, others)
Location: Delphi, Carroll County, Indiana
Status: Removed
History: Part of an interuban line connecting Lafayette to Fort Wayne via Delphi. Line was abandoned about 1932, and probably scrapped shortly thereafter.
Builder: - Lafayette Engineering Co. of Lafayette, Indiana
Railroads: - Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction Co. (FtW&WV)
- Indiana Rail Road (INRD)
- Indiana Service Corporation (ISC)
- Interurban
- Lafayette & Logansport Traction Co. (L&L)
Design: Concrete abutments
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.59382, -86.66030 (decimal degrees)
40°35'38" N, 86°39'37" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/528744/4493724 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Delphi
Inventory number: BH 46775 (Bridgehunter.com ID)