Indianapolis Museum of Art East Bridge

Photos 

Photo taken by John Weller in March 2009

BH Photo #135305

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Steel stringer bridge over abandoned interurban railbed on Woodstock Drive near the Indianapolis Museum of Art in Indianapolis

Location

Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built over the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company's line from Indy to Lafayette. Line was abandoned in 1930's.

Railroads

- Indianapolis & Northwestern Traction Co. (I&NW)
- Interurban
- Terre Haute, Indianapolis, & Eastern Traction Co. (THI&E)

Design

Steel stringer

Also called

Oldfields Estate East bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+39.82891, -86.18350   (decimal degrees)
39°49'44" N, 86°11'01" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/569870/4409087 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Indianapolis West

Inventory number

BH 41292 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• October 12, 2013: New Street View added by Brent Tindall
• May 9, 2010: New photos from Anthony Dillon
• December 31, 2009: Updated by James Norwood: added Interurban info
• March 12, 2009: Added by John Weller

Sources 

• John Weller - jweller [at] indy [dot] rr [dot] com
• James Norwood
• Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
• Brent Tindall - bizzat219 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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