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Wabash/GTW Overpass
Facts
- Overview
- Abandoned Warren through truss bridge over Canadian National Railway on abandoned former Wabash Railroad 4th District Railroad
- Location
- La Porte County, Indiana
- Status
- Derelict/abandoned
- History
- Built 1918 as part of the Wabash's line from Chicago to Detroit, abandoned by NS in the 1980's.
- Builder
- - American Bridge Co. of New York
- Railroads
- - Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Grand Trunk Railroad (GT)
- Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW)
- Norfolk & Western Railway (NW)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Wabash Railroad (WAB)
- Design
- Skewed Warren through truss bridge w/stone abutments
- Dimensions
-
Total length: 195.0 ft.
Deck width: 17.3 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 33.0 ft.
- Skew angle
- 17 degrees
- Also called
- Wabash Railroad Bridge #1620
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.53114, -86.67629 (decimal degrees)
41°31'52" N, 86°40'35" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/527004/4597771 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- LaPorte East
- Inventory number
- BH 54048 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- April 30, 2021: New photos from R. Mark Pittman
- September 15, 2020: Updated by John Marvig: added information from facebook post
- May 24, 2017: New Street View added by J.P.
- December 3, 2014: Updated by James Holzmeier: Added Wabash bridge number, date erected and measurements
- October 31, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Norfolk & Western Railway"
- October 31, 2012: Updated by James Norwood: Changed railroad history, not CSS&SB, but Wabash(N&W, NS).
- October 22, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Interurban"
- October 20, 2012: Updated by J.P.: Added categories "Chicago, South Shore, South Bend Railroad", "Skewed", "Railroad", "Canadian National Railway"
Sources
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
- James Norwood
- James Holzmeier - wabashry [at] gmail [dot] com
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
- R. Mark Pittman - mmrmpittman1 [at] hotmail [dot] com
Comments
Wabash/GTW Overpass
Impressive bridge structure to visit. Abandoned railroad steel truss bridge on concrete/limestone substructure. It spans over an active rail line. That made it a little difficult to get to without walking down railroad property (which railroads frown upon). Had to get permission from property owner to access it from their land. Took a bit of a hike through woods to get to. Views were limited from vantage point, but it was well worth the trip. More photos are uploaded.
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Still standing as of May 15, 2021, though the bridge abutments and the bridge ties are not in good shape. Information on Bridgehunter.com is accurate except for the "Design" information. The bridge is a skewed Pratt truss, not a Warren truss. Also, the trusses themselves sit on skewed, poured concrete abutments. The bridge ties are extended to the fill by skewed beam bridges at each end, which also sit on the same skewed, poured concrete abutments. Very neat engineering. The cut stone retaining walls at the west and east ends of the bridge appear to have been part of the original abutment for an earlier bridge, but seem to function now only as roadbed fill retaining walls for the current bridge.