Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1906 — LARGEST RAILWAY VIADUCT IN THE WORLD. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LARGEST RAILWAY VIADUCT IN THE WORLD.

. . _____ ______;—.— . . The largest transportation structure in the world—the Richland Creek viaduct, on the. Indianapolis Southern Railroad, near Bloomington—has just been completed. The total length of 'the structure is 2,215 feet, and the greatest height from the water level is 158 feet. Viaducts exist that are higher, and some that are longer, but none equal the Richland Creek structure in height ami length combined. The Indianapolis Southern is the new line that has been constructed from Indianapolis to a connection with the main line of the Illinois Central and will be-’Operated by the latter company.

BUILDING THE RICHLAND CREEK VIADUCT.