Bridge removed over US-40 Dunreith, IN

[Truvelo]

This bridge has been removed since the imagery was taken. A quick Googling only finds the abandoned bridge was removed in 2007. Anyone know why it was removed. It allowed through traffic on route 3 to avoid US-40.

[NE2]

The purpose is to inconvenience trail users when the old railroad that the bridge crossed is converted.

It may have been any number of reasons - the bridge (built 1938) was crumbling and not worth replacing (with the railroad gone), Dunreith wanted through traffic taken off 1st Street, the route from US 40 east to SR 3 south was indirect, trucks had issues with the low clearance on Old National Road or the grades approaching the bridge...


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