TP&W Bridge over Tippecanoe River in Monticello, IN

(Bridge Hunter, Satellite)

Jay Roberts posted

Taken on 12/01/1983 in Montecello, IN. taken by Mike Matalis of Downers Grove, IL. with Mike's O key Doe-key !

TP&W GP38-2 # 2002 and Santa Fe GP38 # 3500 are crossing the Tippecanoe River.

Street View

My motivation for pursuing a posting of a 1959 Flickr photo of refers crossing the bridge is David Jordan's comment on the posting that explained how the beef was routed from the Great Plains to the east: "Morrell & Co reefers...must have been meat loads shipped from Ottumwa, Iowa and routed CBQ-Peoria-TPW-Effner-PRR.." It appears that this is another bypass around Chicago that is lost because BNSF and NS don't want to share revenue with TP&W and/or the terminal railroad that owns the bridge across the Illinois River. Of course, refer traffic itself was lost to trucks and and Interstate highways decades ago.

I discovered that a 1974 tornado blew off four of the six spans, but the bridge was quickly repaired.

From NOAA Site from Bridge Hunter

From NOAA Site from Bridge Hunter, View looking Southeasterly

Jeff Vandergraff posted two photos with the comment: "Tpw bridge over lake Freeman...April 3 74 tornado outbreak...photo courtesy of Twin lakes school corp archives...Monticello Indiana."

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