Big Four: (
Archived Bridge Hunter;
Bridge Hunter;
Historic Bridges;
Satellite, the southern bridge)
Bill Edrington posted three photo with the comment:
The through truss bridges of the Big Four (right) and the Erie (left) still stand side-by-side over the Olentangy River at Caledonia, Ohio. The two railroads operated their parallel lines as joint double track (dispatched by the Erie/EL) between Burt (Galion) and Marion for many years. Both tracks became Conrail property on April 1, 1976, and CR eventually single-tracked the line, removing most of the Erie main, as seen here. This is officially CSX's Mount Victory Subdivision today, but to me, it'll always be the Bee Line.
Bruce Bridges: The only truss bridge on the entire route from Cleveland to St. Louis! Everything else is concrete arches or deck plate girders.
Bill Edrington: Bruce Bridges - You're right, at least since the time of the PC merger in 1968, when the ex-PRR was designated as the main line west of Terre Haute. The Big Four's Cleveland-St. Louis main via Mattoon and Pana did have two other through truss bridges in modern times, over the Wabash River at Terre Haute and over Cahokia Creek near Gard, Illinois. Both still exist; the former is now used by the Decatur & Eastern Illinois; the latter by the UP's Pana Subdivision.
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This lattice truss is a "quadruple instersection Warren truss." [HistoricBridges_Big_Four] |
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