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E&PT - Patoka River Bridge

Gibson County, Indiana

Photos 

Photo courtesy of the Indiana State Department of Natural Resource, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology.

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Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Patoka River on Evansville & Princeton Traction Co.
Location
Patoka, Gibson County, Indiana
Status
Removed but not replaced
History
Built 1908; Line closed 1933; Removed 1993
Railroads
- Evansville & Princeton Traction Co. (E&PT)
- Evansville & Southern Indiana Traction Co. (E&SI)
- Evansville, Princeton & Vincennes Interurban Railway (EP&V)
- Interurban
- Public Utilities Co. (PUC)
- Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Co. (SIG&E)
Design
Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.40234, -87.58595   (decimal degrees)
38°24'08" N, 87°35'09" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/448837/4250619 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Patoka
Inventory number
BH 68803 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

A-frame portal (522)
Beam (16,990)
Built 1908 (789)
Built during 1900s (7,688)
Evansville & Princeton Traction Co. (2)
Evansville & Southern Indiana Traction Co. (1)
Evansville, Princeton & Vincennes Interurban Railway (1)
Gibson County, Indiana (111)
Indiana (5,113)
Interurban (1,017)
Lost (29,315)
Lost 1993 (477)
 Lost during 1990s (4,160)
Patoka River (18)
Patoka, Indiana (3)
Pin-connected (4,923)
Pratt through truss (6,148)
Pratt truss (10,431)
Public Utilities Co. (1)
Railroad (16,559)
Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Co. (1)
Steel stringer (6,752)
Through truss (17,374)
Truss (36,151)

Update Log 

  • May 17, 2017: New photos from Tony Dillon
  • August 6, 2015: Added by Luke

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