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NYC - Iroquois River Bridge

Newton County, Indiana

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

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Description 

One of two Pratts extant in Indiana designed by this noted builder of railroad bridges, this unadorned structure retains its original members. Almost all of its members are unusually heavy.

The American Bridge Company of New York fabricated this single-span, pin-connected Pratt through truss which is approached with a timber bent causeway to the north. The whole is seated upon concrete abutments and wingwalls. The endposts and top chords are manufactured from heavy crafted channels and cover plate. Laced heavy channel or crafted channel verticals subdivide the through truss into seven panels. Eyebars provide the diagonals: two pairs of die-forged and rectangular ones stretch toward center span from the top panel point to the bottom of the 2nd and 6th panels and a pair of the 3rd and 5th panels; cylindrical eyebars with turnbuckles counter the others in the 3rd and 5th panels and pairs cross the 4th or center panel. Riveted to verticals above the lower chord, girder floor beams carry the timber tie and single track deck.

ALTERATIONS: The bridge has a single track deck, but the bridge was built to accommodate two tracks.

Facts 

Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Iroquois River on New York Central Railroad
Location
Newton County, Indiana
Status
Abandoned
History
Built 1905 by the American Bridge Company
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Railroad
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 165.0 ft.
Total length: 335.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.81718, -87.44833   (decimal degrees)
40°49'02" N, 87°26'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/462191/4518559 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Kentland
Inventory number
BH 48790 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,957)
American Bridge Co. (1,681)
Beam (17,101)
Built 1905 (827)
Built during 1900s (7,734)
Indiana (5,141)
New York Central Railroad (1,024)
Newton County, Indiana (24)
Owned by railroad (13,725)
 Pratt through truss (6,224)
Pratt truss (10,529)
Railroad (16,665)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,492)
Through truss (17,791)
Timber stringer (4,387)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,606)
Truss (36,685)

Update Log 

  • June 22, 2022: New photos from John Marvig
  • April 12, 2021: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
  • September 8, 2018: New photos from Tyler Haack
  • May 19, 2011: Added by J.P.

Sources 

  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Geoff Hubbs
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
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NYC - Iroquois River Bridge
Posted September 8, 2018, by Mike Daffron (daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com)

Great pix!! Makes me wanna go see it!