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CFE - US 30 Bridge

Porter County, Indiana

Photo 

NS - US 30 Bridge

Photo taken Frederick J. Ripley in 1995

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

View this photo at trpmagazine.com

BH Photo #469280

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Steel stringer bridge over US 30 on Chicago, Ft Wayne & Eastern RR
Location
Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern Railroad (CFE)
- Conrail (CR)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design
Steel stringer, concrete encased
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.45793, -87.05035   (decimal degrees)
41°27'29" N, 87°03'01" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/495795/4589595 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 88799 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (16,950)
Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern Railroad (7)
Conrail (1,714)
Have street view (29,246)
Indiana (5,112)
Open (41,012)
 Owned by railroad (13,567)
Penn Central Railroad (1,544)
Pennsylvania Railroad (1,033)
Porter County, Indiana (25)
Steel stringer (6,742)
Valparaiso, Indiana (2)

Update Log 

  • March 31, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs

Sources 

  • Geoff Hubbs
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CFE - US 30 Bridge
Posted March 31, 2020, by George A Oakley (Georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I see the PRR emblem on every tower.Awesome!