. Electric railway review . Bridges and Viaducts, Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Company —50-Foot Concrete Arch to Support Grade 65 Feet Above Water Level. to describe some interesting structures which have beenbuilt for the Connersville extension of the Rushville divisionand the Greensburg extension of the Shelbyville division ofthis companys line. At the crossing of Big Williams creek onthe Connersville line there was built a semi-circular arch with mr^r £/fST. I Bridges and Viaducts, Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Company —Bridge Over Big Fiat Rocl< River. the purpose of shifting
. Electric railway review . Bridges and Viaducts, Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Company —50-Foot Concrete Arch to Support Grade 65 Feet Above Water Level. to describe some interesting structures which have beenbuilt for the Connersville extension of the Rushville divisionand the Greensburg extension of the Shelbyville division ofthis companys line. At the crossing of Big Williams creek onthe Connersville line there was built a semi-circular arch with mr^r £/fST. I Bridges and Viaducts, Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Company —Bridge Over Big Fiat Rocl< River. the purpose of shifting the terminal 100 feet west of the oldterminal building, and a new brick station building will bebuilt on the new site. This relocation has necessitated aheavy fill for a distance of 500 feet. This work, however, isbeing done at the expense of the Long Island Railroad underan arrangement by which the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com-pany agreed to move its terminal from the vicinity of thecf property of the New York Connecting Railroad. Besides thenew terminal station, it is proposed to build three inter- a 50-foot span and 35 feet above the surface of the streamand which is surmounted by an earth fill 30 feet high, thegrade calling for 26 feet above the arch after shrinkage. Thefoundations for the abutments rest upon hard-pan found ata depth of about 6 feet and the abutments are 11% feetthick. As there was some doubt whether a freshet mightnot carry away the
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