Bridgehunter.com | Conrail - Pipe Creek Bridge (Mier)

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North side

Photo taken by James Norwood

BH Photo #163581

Overview: Abandoned closed-spandrel arch bridge over Pipe Creek on Formerly Conrail Railroad(nee Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Central, others)
Location: Mier, Grant County, Indiana
Status: Abandoned
Future prospects: Available for use as trail. Could be part of the American Discovery Trail, and/or extension of Sweetser Switch Trail or Cardinal Greenway.
History: Once part of double tracked rail line from Chicago via Logansport to Columbus, Ohio and points East. Tracks taken up in early to mid 1980's.
Railroads: - Conrail (CR)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design: Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions: Span length: 52.0 ft.
Total length: 52.0 ft.
Deck width: 36.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.57521, -85.82939 (decimal degrees)
40°34'31" N, 85°49'46" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/599080/4492261 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Sweetser
Inventory number: BH 45000 (Bridgehunter.com ID)