Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 40.218941,-85.862509
Carries CR 600 South over Duck Creek
Design: arch/deck
Design Details: Arch
Total Length: 71.8 Feet
Span Length: 60.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Concrete arch bridge over Duck Creek on CR 600 South
History: Built ca. 1930
Built: ca. 1930
Location: Tipton County
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393575
Photo courtesy of the Indiana State Department of Natural Resource, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology.
Status: No longer exists
Location: 40.368333,-86.145833
Carries CR 700 West over Mud Creek
Design: truss/deck
Design Details: Deck truss
Total Length: 25.9 Feet
Span Length: 23.0 Feet
Overview: Lost deck truss bridge over Mud Creek on CR 700 West
History: Built 1925; rehabilitated 1980
Built: 1925
Location: Tipton County
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Status: Replaced by new bridge
Location: 40.236667,-86.156667
Carries CR 750 W over Ray Cox Ditch
Design: truss/pony/warren
Design Details: Pony truss
Total Length: 28.9 Feet
Span Length: 27.9 Feet
Overview: Lost pony truss bridge over Ray Cox Ditch on CR 750 W
History: Built ca. 1910; replaced 2000
Built: ca. 1890
Location: Tipton County
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157644
RayCoxBridgeTiptonCty
SHAARD Database
Status: Replaced by new bridge
Location: 40.393333,-86.005000
Carries CR 50 E over Mud Creek
Design: truss/pony/pratt
Design Details: Pony truss
Total Length: 40.0 Feet
Span Length: 39.0 Feet
Overview: Lost pony truss bridge over Mud Creek on CR 50 E
History: Built ca. 1920; replaced 1991
Built: ca. 1890
Location: Tipton County
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157640
50EastMudCreekTiptonCty
SHAARD Database
Status: Replaced by new bridge
Location: 40.396667,-85.975000
Carries CR 200 E over Mud Creek
Design: truss/bedstead/pratt
Design Details: Pony truss
Total Length: 40.0 Feet
Span Length: 39.0 Feet
Overview: Lost pony truss bridge over Mud Creek on CR 200 E
History: Replaced 1998
Built: 1910
Location: Tipton County
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157641
SHAARD Database
157642
SHAARD Database
Status: Abutments remain, but that is all. Road is closed.
Location: 40.358935,-85.973993
Carries CR 200 E over Turkey Creek
Design: truss/bedstead/pratt
Design Details: Pony truss
Total Length: 36.1 Feet
Span Length: 35.1 Feet
Overview: Lost Pony truss bridge over Turkey Creek on CR 200 E
History:
Built: 1903
Location: Tipton County
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157643
SHAARD Database
162723
Looking North along abandoned road towards old bridge site
Photo taken by James Norwood
162724
North abutment
Photo taken by James Norwood
162725
North abutment
taken from makeshift crossing aka four wheel drive trucks on East side of old bridge site.
Photo taken by James Norwood
162726
South abutment
Photo taken by James Norwood
162727
Sun didn't help trying to photograph both abutments, but here is all I could muster
Photo taken by James Norwood
Status: Lost
Location: 40.227660,-86.027950
Carries Indiana Railroad/ Indiana Union Traction Interurban over Hoosier Heritage Port Authority/Indiana Transportation Musuem(nee Peru and Indianapolis, LE&W, Nickel Plate Road, N&W, Norfolk Southern, CERA Railroads) and Country Road 100 West, as well as Blischer ditch
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Very light duty steel stringer with wood pilings supports and very large and tall Concrete end abutments. West side abutment has had entire earth fill removed and has residence currently sitting on Right of way.
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Steel stringer bridge over Hoosier Heritage Port Authority/Indiana Transportation Musuem(nee Peru and Indianapolis, LE&W, Nickel Plate Road, N&W, Norfolk Southern, CERA Railroads) and Country Road 100 West, as well as Blischer ditch on Indiana R
History: Built to carry the Indiana Union Traction's line up and over County Road 100 West and the old Lake Erie and Western Railroad which parrallels rail line from Kokomo to Noblesville.
Built:
Location: Tipton County
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139325
South side
Part of a cache of photos found at an old building in Indy, a great find.
Indiana Transportation Museum and members
162640
Looking North
Nearly same view as historic photo
Photo taken by James Norwood
162641
Looking South at West wing wall
You can see abutment is very tall and has had fill removed. Garage, house, and a pond now sit on old right of way.
Photo taken by James Norwood
162642
East abutment
Photo taken by James Norwood
162643
East abutment
Photo taken by James Norwood
162644
Looking North again
Adjacent home has put some kind of antenna on top of old abutment.
Photo taken by James Norwood
162645
East abutment
Photo taken by James Norwood
162646
looking North again
Hoosier Heritage Port authority/Indiana Transportation Museum old Nickel Plate tracks still intact and see occasional rail service.
Photo taken by James Norwood
Status: Removed
Location: 40.392440,-86.002940
Carries Former Penn Central Railroad(nee Pennsylvania, Panhandle, Chicago and Great Eastern, New Castle and Richmond Railroads) over Mud Creek
Design: girder/deck
Design Details: Deck girder
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Deck girder bridge over Mud Creek on Former Penn Central Railroad(nee Pennsylvania, Panhandle, Chicago and Great Eastern, New Castle and Richmond Railroads) in Nevada
History: Once part of the PRR's route from Cincinnati to Chicago(via Anoka and Logansport), this route hosted passenger trains until 1971 before Amtrak was formed. Left out of Conrail, it was abandoned starting in 1976. Unknown when bridge was removed.
Built:
Location: Tipton County
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162656
South abutment
Photo taken by James Norwood
162657
broad view of location
Photo taken by James Norwood
162658
North abutment
Photo taken by James Norwood
162659
North abutment
Photo taken by James Norwood
162660
North abutment
Photo taken by James Norwood
162661
wood post in ground
This is underneath removed structure. Perhaps it is for a former wood piling for an earlier bridge at this location.
Photo taken by James Norwood
162662
South abutment
Photo taken by James Norwood
162663
South abutment to left
Photo taken by James Norwood
162664
removed fill from South approach
Local told me that much of the fill for the bridge approach was used to fill in adjacent bog and for fill for Heartland Church near Tipton along Indiana 19.
Photo taken by James Norwood
Status: Lost
Location: 40.275510,-85.866100
Carries Former Indiana Railroad (ex-Indiana Union Traction Interurban, others) over Norfolk Southern Railway (ex- N&W, Nickel Plate, Lake Erie and Western Railroad)
Design: unknown
Design Details:
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Bridge over Current Norfolk Southern Railway (ex- Norfolk and Western Railway, Nickel Plate, Lake Erie and Western Railroad) on Former Indiana Railroad(nee Indiana Union Traction Interurban, others) in West Elwood
History: Built to carry the interurban over the LE&W tracks on it's line from Tipton to Alexandria. Bridge and North approach removed long time ago. South approach and all fill recently reportedly removed, no trace remains today.
Built:
Location: Tipton County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 40.279419,-86.035122
Carries Hoosier Heritage Port Authority owned, Indiana Transportation Museum operated(nee NS, N&W, NKP, LE&W, Peru and Indianapolis Railroads) over Cicero Creek
Design: girder/pony/plate
Design Details: Plate girder
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Plate girder bridge over Cicero Creek on Hoosier Heritage Port Authority owned, Indiana Transportation Museum operated(nee NS, N&W, NKP, LE&W, Peru and Indianapolis Railroads)
History: Bridge had a another right beside it for the Indiana Union Traction when it was in service, since removed.
Built:
Location: Tipton County
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151077
Mr. Tidler himself maybe?
From Gary Tidler's "Stories From The 50's" Site
http://gwtidler.wordpress.com/black-bridge/
162647
Looking South
Photo taken by James Norwood
162648
Looking North
Photo taken by James Norwood
162649
West side
Photo taken by James Norwood
162650
Looking under from South end
Photo taken by James Norwood
162651
East side
Photo taken by James Norwood
162652
pier
Photo taken by James Norwood
162653
South abutment East side
Photo taken by James Norwood
162654
Photo taken by James Norwood
162655
Photo taken by James Norwood
Status: Lost
Location: 40.279281,-86.035222
Carries Formerly Indiana Rail Road (nee Indiana Union Traction) over Cicero Creek
Design: unknown
Design Details:
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Bridge over Cicero Creek on Formerly Indiana Railroad(nee Indiana Union Traction)
History: Built to carry the interurban cars from Indy to Logansport, Peru, Fort Wayne, and other points North. Line was abandoned in or about 1932. Only Abutments remain today. Nickel Plate Road bridge immediately to the East of this structure.
Built: 1903?
Location: Tipton County
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162635
North Abutment
all of the remains of this bridge are in sad shape. Of interest, immediately to right of photo was formerly the IUT Tipton shop complex, where most buildings survive and are used by a manufacturer.
Photo taken by James Norwood
162636
pier on South side
taken from adjacent former Nickel Plate Road IMC bridge
Photo taken by James Norwood
162637
South abutment
Photo taken by James Norwood
162638
pier
Photo taken by James Norwood
162639
another pier
Photo taken by James Norwood
Status: Abandoned
Could be used for trails.
Location: 40.365994,-85.965183
Carries former Pennsylvania Railroad, Chicago Great Eastern, New Castle and Richmond over Turkey Creek
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck plate girder
Total Length: 48.0 Feet
Span Length: 48.0 Feet
Overview: Abandoned bridge over Turkey Creek on former Pennsylvania Railroad, Chicago Great Eastern, New Castle and Richmond
History: This particular structure built to carry trains on the Richmond Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad from Cincinnatti to Chicago(Via Anoka and Logansport). Many passenger trains traversed this bridge. Line abandoned by Penn Central in early 1970's.
Built:
Location: Tipton County
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162693
East side
Photo taken by James Norwood
162694
Looking North at South approach
all fill has been removed by farmer
Photo taken by James Norwood
162695
West side
Photo taken by James Norwood
162696
North abutment
Photo taken by James Norwood
162697
South abutment
Photo taken by James Norwood
162698
Walkway railing
Photo taken by James Norwood
162699
Looking South across old Railroad bridge
The town of Windfall in extreme background, but you can see how farmer has removed any trace of railroad right of way leading from this bridge into town limits
Photo taken by James Norwood
162700
Closer look towards Windfall
Photo taken by James Norwood
162701
Looking North across bridge
Again, just beyond short wooded area, all fill for former railroad roadbed has been removed
Photo taken by James Norwood
162702
Windfall PRR Bridge
You can see how approach fill has been removed on either side. Adjacent cemetery as well.
Google Earth Image
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 40.272500,-86.212778
Carries CR 1050W over Wilbert Crum Ditch
Design: slab
Design Details: Reinforced concrete slab
Total Length: 23.3 Feet
Span Length: 20.0 Feet
Overview: Slab bridge over Wilbert Crum Ditch on CR 1050W
History: Built 1930
Built: 1930
Location: Tipton County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 40.344722,-85.937500
Carries CR 400E over Schlater Ditch
Design: girder/deck/concrete
Design Details: Reinforced concrete girder
Total Length: 32.5 Feet
Span Length: 27.2 Feet
Overview: Concrete deck girder bridge over Schlater Ditch on CR 400E
History: Built 1940
Built: 1940
Location: Tipton County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 40.367778,-86.160278
Carries CR 450N over Mud Creek
Design: slab
Design Details: Continuous reinforced concrete slab
Total Length: 81.7 Feet
Span Length: 31.8 Feet
Overview: Slab bridge over Mud Creek on CR 450N
History: Built 1965
Built: 1965
Location: Tipton County
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Status: Removed but not replaced
Location: 40.346460,-85.985165
Carries County Road 150 East over Turkey Creek
Design: truss/bedstead/pratt
Design Details: 2-panel, pinned Bedstead Pratt pony truss
Total Length: 25.0 Feet
Span Length: 24.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Bedstead Pratt pony truss bridge over Turkey Creek on County Road 150 East
History: Built ca. 1905
Built: ca. 1905
Location: Tipton County
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393570
Photo courtesy of the Indiana State Department of Natural Resource, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology.
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 40.338209,-85.994989
Carries County Road 100 East over Turkey Creek
Design: truss/bedstead/pratt
Design Details: 2-panel, pinned Bedstead Pratt pony truss
Total Length: 30.0 Feet
Span Length: 30.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Bedstead Pratt pony truss bridge over Turkey Creek on County Road 100 East
History: Built ca. 1900
Built: ca. 1900
Location: Tipton County
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393571
Photo courtesy of the Indiana State Department of Natural Resource, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology.
393572
Photo courtesy of the Indiana State Department of Natural Resource, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology.
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 40.238736,-86.107362
Carries County Road 500 West over Prairie Creek
Design: truss/bedstead/warren
Design Details: 2-panel, riveted Bedstead Warren pony truss
Total Length: 43.0 Feet
Span Length: 30.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Bedstead Warren pony truss bridge over Prairie Creek on County Road 500 West
History: Built ca. 1905
Built: ca. 1905
Location: Tipton County
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393573
Photo courtesy of the Indiana State Department of Natural Resource, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology.
393574
Photo courtesy of the Indiana State Department of Natural Resource, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology.
Status: Destroyed by collision. Collapsed. Replaced with new bridge.
Location: 40.218045,-86.009320
Carries CR 600S (296th St.) over Cicero Creek
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Through truss bridge over Cicero Creek on County Road 600 South.
History: Built 1896
Built: 1896
Location: Tipton County
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442698
Cicero Creek Bridge
The Tipton Daily Tribune : October 15 1956
442699
Cicero Creek Bridge
The Kokomo Daily Tribune: October 15 1956
442700
Cicero Creek Bridge
Article
The Kokomo Daily Tribune: October 15 1956
442701
Cicero Creek Bridge
Article
The Kokomo Daily Tribune: October 15 1956
Status: Collapsed due to an automobile collision.
Location: 40.402331,-85.956622
Carries State Road 213 over Mud Creek
Design: truss/pony
Design Details: Pony truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Pony truss bridge over Mud Creek on State Road 213
History:
Built:
Location: Tipton County
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456755
Mud Creek Bridge
The Tipton Daily Tribune: May 22 1951
456769
Mud Creek Bridge
Article
The Tipton Daily Tribune: May 22 1951
Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S - Dismantled and/or in storage. L - Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.
