Photo courtesy of the Indiana State Department of Natural Resource, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology.
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BH Photo #156312
The Monon Bridge had polygonal lower chords while the other deck truss had conventional parallel lower chords.
Looks like the same bridge to me.
Well the current photo #4 is the Monon bridge and in the background you can see the Tioga Rd. bridge which is still there.
Thanks for the heads-up James! I figured you would be in the know.
You are correct Anthony, that is not the Monon bridge. It is however the former Pennsylvania Railroad bridge over the same river that formerly sat near downtown Monticello. It was located beside where today the current Toledo Peoria and Western Railroad bridge resides. I can't remember which side it was, but I remember seeing some pics of the old structure(from pic 4)being removed with the new aka current bridge clearly seen in the same photo. The newer bridge was of course damaged in the 1974 tornado outbreak that heavily damaged White County, but was quickly repaired by then owner Penn Central. Good eye. James
Picture #4 is not the same bridge, as it doesn't have the polygonal lower chord. Not sure if there were any other deck truss RR spans nearby (apparently if the post card is correct there was!). This is a question for Mr. Norwood to answer.
The link for Bygone Monon, http://www.monon.monon.org/bygone/monticello.html, is broke. The link is now https://monon.org/bygone_site/bygone/monticello.html. The link for the pre-dam photo is https://monon.org/bygone_site/mononmines/pixs19/10-19Montice...