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Historical Landmark - The Rail Road bridge located across the St. Joseph River, adjacent to the Angela Street Bridge
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Historical Landmark - The Rail Road bridge located across the St. Joseph River, adjacent to the Angela Street Bridge
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7/9/2001
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9234-01
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R.R. BRIDGE <br />HISTORICAL CONTEXT <br />This railway line first appeared in the 1911 atlas. It is believed to have been <br />originally constructed in the mid 1890's by the Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad, <br />otherwise known as the Chicago Indiana Southern. This rail company, most commonly <br />referred to as the three I's arrived in South Bend in the mid 1800's. It constructed a line <br />that gave manufacturers and merchants a direct connection with practically every railroad <br />entering Chicago. The line ran only freight cars and was perhaps the most successful <br />railroad of its kind in the country. It is believed that the line running north through the <br />west portion of South Bend curving to run parallel with Angela Street and ending at <br />Notre Dame University was erected in the late 1880's or early 1890's. It was reported in <br />the South Bend Tribune in 1895 that the Portage Avenue Bridge over the I. I. & I. R.R. <br />was widened for ease of travel. The three I's were responsible for the construction of the <br />first railway bridge over the St. Joseph River to run adjacent to the Angela Street Bridge. <br />By 1917 the line and bridge had been sold to the Michigan Central Railroad. They <br />owned the line until it was taken over by the New York Central. It is unknown whether <br />Michigan Central or New York Central Railroad was responsible for demolishing the <br />original bridge and replacing it with the a new bridge in 1927. The bridge saw rail lines <br />change hands several more times before being purchased by the Pennsylvania Lines LLC <br />in 1999. This company leases the rights to the line to the Norfolk and Southern <br />Corporation. <br />This bridge was a portion of a freight train system that hauled coal to Notre Dame <br />University. <br />ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION <br />The structure is located across the St. Joseph River, just north of the Angela Street Bridge <br />in South Bend, Indiana. <br />This is a deck plate girder bridge with four concrete supports, iron girder and plate deck. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Based on the Historic Preservation Commission's Local Landmark Criteria's adopted by <br />the Common Council, the structure spanning the St. Joseph River immediately north of <br />the Angela Street Bridge has been recommended to the Common Council for designation <br />as a Local Landmark by the Historic Preservation Commission. <br />The building, sites and objects meet the following three criteria: <br />1) Its character, interest, or value as part of the development, heritage, or culture of <br />the city of South Bend, St. Joseph County, the state of Indiana, or the United <br />States of America; <br />4 <br />
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