1. White River Bridge Replacement The Indiana Rail Road hosted AREMA Committee 18 on May 13 th and 14 th. 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.

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

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

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

6. Setting the first new span

7. Old pin connected truss spans

8. New ballast deck approach spans replace timber spans

9. Photo shows the new ballast deck approach spans

10. During the bridge outage the grade to the bridge was improved

11. Work in-progress for grade improvement