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Big Four Bridge (1895)

Jefferson County, Kentucky, and Clark County, Indiana

Photos 

Image from Baird's History of Clark County, Indiana, published in 1909

Digitised by Wikipedia user Bedford

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BH Photo #313989

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Through truss bridge over Ohio River on New York Central Railroad
Location
Jeffersonville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, and Clark County, Indiana
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1888-1895 (Main span portals stated 1893); Replaced 1929
Railroads
- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway (CCC&StL; Big Four)
- Interurban
- Louisville & Northern Railway & Lighting Co. (L&NR&L)
- Louisville & Southern Indiana Traction Co. (L&SI)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
Design
Pennsylvania through truss (?)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.26566, -85.73914   (decimal degrees)
38°15'56" N, 85°44'21" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/610302/4236042 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Jeffersonville
Inventory number
BH 65571 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,569)
Built 1895 (278)
Built during 1890s (2,983)
Clark County, Indiana (72)
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway (159)
Deck girder (5,753)
Gauntlet/Gantlet Tracked (11)
Girder (10,245)
Indiana (4,920)
Interurban (911)
Jefferson County, Kentucky (128)
Jeffersonville, Indiana (4)
Kentucky (1,325)
Lost (24,760)
Lost 1929 (57)
Lost during 1920s (478)
 Louisville & Northern Railway & Lighting Co. (2)
Louisville & Southern Indiana Traction Co. (4)
Louisville, Kentucky (69)
New York Central Railroad (874)
Ohio River (111)
Parker through truss (1,297)
Parker truss (1,678)
Pedimented portal bracing (60)
Pennsylvania truss (489)
Pin-connected (3,902)
Plate girder (7,933)
Railroad (15,437)
Replaced by new bridge (16,598)
State line crossing (847)
Through truss (15,080)
Truss (32,807)

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  • January 18, 2015: Added by Luke

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