Trail Bridge

ID: 2768 ~ Source: Historic Madison, Inc. ~ Creator: Sarah Karns ~ Date: 2018
This file appears in: The Railroad Incline--The "Cut"
Trail Bridge

The stone arch bridge carries the railroad tracks across Crooked Creek in lower Madison. The stone work is particularly fine. Madison's Heritage Trail now uses the bridge to cross the creek.

This file appears in: 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…