Main Street Bridge

ID: 2765 ~ Source: Historic Madison, Inc. ~ Creator: William Heberhart ~ Date: 1880

This file appears in: The Railroad Incline--The "Cut"

This 1860 view looking north shows Indiana's first railroad ascending the 4.89 grade as it crosses under what is now Main Street. The railroad continues to serve the Madison and southern Indiana area today as the municipally-owned Madison Railroad.

This file appears in: The Railroad Incline--The "Cut"

The Railroad Incline--The "Cut"

By Historic Madison, Inc.

The Madison, Indianapolis & Lafayette Railroad (MI&L) was first conceived in 1836 when Indiana state legislators included it as part of the Internal Improvement Act. Indianapolis, the new state capitol, was in the early stages of becoming a…