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CSX - US 231 Overpass

Putnam County, Indiana

Photos 

Photo taken by Tom Hall in October 2006

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BH Photo #116129

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Concrete arch bridge over US 231 on CSX Transportation in Greencastle
Location
Putnam County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1906
Railroads
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway (CCC&StL; Big Four)
- Conrail (CR)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
Design
Closed-spandrel concrete arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 29.8 ft.
Total length: 33.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.65444, -86.86611   (decimal degrees)
39°39'16" N, 86°51'58" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/511486/4389413 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Greencastle
Inventory numbers
INNBI 016020 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16953 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,157)
Built 1906 (624)
Built during 1900s (7,252)
CSX Railroad (1,668)
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway (176)
Closed-spandrel arch (4,027)
Conrail (1,579)
Deck arch (11,394)
Have street view (27,065)
 Indiana (4,933)
New York Central Railroad (892)
Open (39,977)
Owned by railroad (12,498)
Penn Central Railroad (1,375)
Putnam County, Indiana (97)
Railroad (15,601)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,708)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,214)

Update Log 

  • November 24, 2018: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • April 17, 2010: New Street View added by James Baughn
  • April 12, 2009: New photos from Robert Stephenson
  • June 29, 2008: Updated by Tom Hall: photo added

Sources 

  • Tom Hall - thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com
  • Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com

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