These notes combine info for the shortline W&LE and a bridge.
WLE = the original Wheeling & Lake Erie
WE = the current Wheeling & Lake Erie (pghbridges, search for "1871")
This page has a map for the current and original W&LE.
Histories: case and ClevelandMemory. A photo collection
The NYC(LSMS) used to have a route that paralleled the W&LE between Fremont and Norwalk. But the NYC route was abandoned by the Penn Central. The two routes crossed each other in Monroeville. W&LE was on the north side to the west of Monroeville and on the south side to the east of Monroeville. The North Coast Inland Trail uses a new RoW on the east side until it can cross the railroad using the OH-45 road crossing.
I had some trouble determining which river this bridge was over because I could not force Google Map to label it by zooming in. And there is no Bridge Hunter post for this bridge. But I found the Blue Bridge over this river, and it specifies West Branch Huron River. I noticed on a satellite image that this branch has meandered a lot between Monroeville and Lake Erie.
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| wlerwy, route continues East from Cumberland to Hagerstown |
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| Richard Roberts commented on a post WLE at Monroeville,Oh |
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| 1960 Monroeville Quadrangle @ 1:24,000 |
I had some trouble determining which river this bridge was over because I could not force Google Map to label it by zooming in. And there is no Bridge Hunter post for this bridge. But I found the Blue Bridge over this river, and it specifies West Branch Huron River. I noticed on a satellite image that this branch has meandered a lot between Monroeville and Lake Erie.
Am I getting something wrong here, this is The Wheeling and Lake Erie.
ReplyDeleteIt sure is. Thanks for the correction!
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