Exploring an Abandoned Railroad Bridge with Rotted Ties, Covington, Indiana
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- From what I can figure out, the location of this railroad crossing over the Wabash River in Covington, Indiana dates back to 1869. However, the only vestiges of the original crossing is the massive cut stone bridge abutments. Information on the website Bridge Hunter states that the first bridge at this location was constructed by a Toledo bridge building company for the Indianapolis Bloomington & Western Railway.
At some point that bridge was removed and this steel through truss bridge was constructed. In this picture taken from the west banks of the Wabash River, you can see the tower of the 1859 Fountain County Courthouse that was replaced with the current courthouse in 1937. In this photo you can see how close the Wabash River is to swallowing the railroad bridge during the 1913 flood.
The steel through truss bridge stood until 1923 when the current trestle was built along with new piers in the river. This girder bridge was in use up until about 1982 when Conrail abandoned the line.
GPS Location: 40º08'07.5"N 87º24'17.0"W
This is so awesome! Nothing intrigues me more than finding old bridges and ruminants of rail roads. The highways (ghosts) of the past that used to bustling with activity.
I agree 100%!
This was Peoria & Eastern, a NYC subsidiary between Peoria, Il and Indianapolis. Became part of Conrail. Abandoned in sections. Its abandoned past Flex N Gate to Crawfordsville. Ripped up in Danville, track only used from CSX main to get to a feed mill in Tilton, which was part of NYC Egyptian line from Cairo up to Hammond, Ind.
P&E a bike trail from Danville to Champaign, Il.
I was told when Conrail forned the P&E was the only financially stable part of Penn Central.
Thanks for the info.
I traced it with your coordinates. East of the trestle it terminates after the woods and becomes a walk/bike trail, but Northwest of the bridge, the main line is still active and leads to a few sidings to a company called Flex-N-Gate and also goes to what appears to be a locomotive repair shop.
I believe you are correct!
Satolli, another awesome history lesson and you nailed it.
"Maybe 20 years ago I would have"... Cheers, Mate.
Yeah, those ties were looking pretty soft...
Very interesting. I love the old railroad items.
They are a lot of fun to discover and explore.
Awesome trestle! Beautiful! Thanks for sharing it with us!👍
Glad you enjoyed it!!! So what type of muscle car do you own?
Another great find and a great video
I wanted to put up a drone and get some aerial footage of the beast but the city jail was nearby and blocked my transmission.
The old grand river over pass in Novi Michigan was very awesome, unfortunately it has been replaced, what i have heard it used to have a train stop under it
I didn't know that.
Abandoned railroad stuff. My fav to explore. Bug spray is a must in that mess. Man that was a lot of ticks. Hope you are ok from them
Yeah, I'm fine. I later found out they are called "Seed Ticks". Basically baby ticks looking for their first meal. I must have stepped right into a nest of them. They were smaller than the size of a pinhead. I needed a magnifier to actually see that they had legs.
I crossed the river hundreds of times in the Seventies, going in and out of Covington. I don't remember that railroad bridge. Is it North or South of the SR bridge?
It's south of the SR bridge.
@@historyinyourownbackyard2363 Thanks. The SR bridge was still an iron bridge in the Seventies. In fact, it and every Wabash bridge South to Terre Haute was still iron at that time. I think they are all replaced now.
👍👍
Kinda random question but why is the salamonie res dry? Or at least it was in April.
I have no idea.
any ticks this trip?
Fortunately no! LOL!
And bring calamine lotion! 😂
Definitely!!!