White River Bridge Replacement

The Indiana Rail Road hosted AREMA Committee 18 on May 13th and 14th. This included a field trip to allow the committee to observe the work in-progress during a 6-day outage at the White River Bridge replace project. The project replaces the timber approach spans and three 115 year old Pratt-style pin-connected steel truss bridge that crosses the White River. The replacement bridge will support industry-standard 286,000-pound railcars at speeds up to 40 mph and remove height restrictions, allowing double-stack containers.

In photo is shown the new 153ft TG bridge spans with the 3 old pin-connected truss spans in the background

Photo shows the first of the new spans being set into place

Photo shows the first of the new spans being set into place

Indiana Rail Road employees and AREMA Committee 18 members watch as the first span is set into place

Setting the first new span

Old pin connected truss spans

New ballast deck approach spans replace timber spans

Photo shows the new ballast deck approach spans

During the bridge outage the grade to the bridge was improved

Work in-progress for grade improvement