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INRD - Elliston Railroad Bridge

Greene County, Indiana

Photos 

West Approach

Photo taken by Nathan Morton in February 2009

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BH Photo #134129

Map 

Street View 

Description 

52' Deck Girders taken from viaducts in Hyde Park area of Chicago. These girders were originally built 1892 by the American Bridge Works.

Facts 

Overview
Deck truss bridge over White River on Indiana Railroad (former Illinois Central Railroad) in Elliston
Location
Elliston, Greene County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1906 and 1915
Builders
- American Bridge Works of Chicago, Illinois (Girders)
- Gustaf Widell & Co. of Mankato, Minnesota (1915 Substructure)
Railroads
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
- Indiana Rail Road (1986) (INRD)
Design
Deck girder and Pratt Deck truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 150.0 ft.
Total length: 1,493.0 ft.
Deck width: 10.0 ft.
Also called
Bloomfield Railroad Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.02541, -86.96746   (decimal degrees)
39°01'31" N, 86°58'03" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/502816/4319596 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Bloomfield
Elevation
499 ft. above sea level
Inventory number
BH 39997 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

7-panel truss (507)
American Bridge Works (46)
Built 1906 (656)
Built during 1900s (7,688)
Deck girder (6,349)
Deck truss (1,952)
Elliston, Indiana (2)
Girder (11,246)
Greene County, Indiana (88)
Gustaf Widell & Co. (11)
Have street view (29,338)
Illinois Central Railroad (629)
Indiana (5,115)
 Indiana Rail Road (1986) (43)
Open (41,023)
Owned by railroad (13,606)
Plate girder (8,791)
Pratt deck truss (414)
Pratt truss (10,432)
Railroad (16,559)
Riveted (2,582)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,469)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (2,006)
Truss (36,155)
White River (Indiana) (68)

Update Log 

  • July 11, 2020: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • July 11, 2020: Updated by John Marvig: Added information from IC Track Profile
  • December 1, 2012: New photos from Brent Tindall
  • November 26, 2011: Updated by J.P.: bridge is actually a pratt deck truss
  • August 6, 2010: New Street View added by James Simmons
  • February 20, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: updated truss type
  • February 18, 2010: Updated by Ed Hollowell: Add position & discription per- to do list
  • February 24, 2009: Added by Nathan Morton

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Comments 

INRD - White River Bridge (Elliston)
Posted December 1, 2021, by John Marvig (marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com)

https://archive.org/details/sim_railway-age_1915-06-18_58_25...

Apparently, the girders were taken from viaducts in the Hyde Park area of Chicago. The IC track chart in my collection shows an 1892 date, which would correlate to the track elevation in Hyde Park.

On a side note, the Hyde Park track elevation was among the first in Chicago, built in preparation for the Colombian Exposition in 1893.

Bloomfield Rail Bridge
Posted August 6, 2010, by James Simmons

This bridge is fairly unique in that it uses the traditional Truss design of many railroad bridges, but the trackbed lays on top of the truss, instead of running through the truss.