The Mud Run Bridge carried the Dayton, Springfield & Urbana Electric Railway (DS&U) over Mud Run north of Fairborn, Ohio. The DS&U was a 40-mile interurban railroad that connected Urbana, Springfield, and Dayton.
The DS&U, a 40-mile interurban railroad that connected Urbana, Springfield and Dayton, 3 opened on February 14, 1900. 4 In 1906, the DS&U was merged into the Indiana, Columbus & Eastern Traction Company (IC&E), 2 which was leased to the Ohio Electric Railway (OE) in 1907. 3
In 1919, a new alignment of the DS&U was constructed south of Medway to offer a more direct connection to the New Carlisle branch. 3 In 1921, the OE became financially insolvent and the company was merged into the Cincinnati & Lake Erie Railroad in 1929. 3 The last run over the DS&U’s Dayton-Urbana line was on October 29, 1938. 1
Information
- State: Ohio
- Route: Dayton, Springfield & Urbana Electric Railway
- Type: Girder or Beam
- Status: Abandoned / Closed
- Spans:
Sources
- “Marker #15-11 Dayton, Springfield, and Urbana Electric Railway.”Remarkable Ohio. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Dec. 2013.
- Vandervoort, Bill. “Interurban Railways in Ohio.” Chicago Transit & Railfan. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Dec. 2013. Article.
- Hilton, George W., and John Fitzgerald Due. “Indiana Columbus and Eastern Traction Company.” The Electric Interurban Railways in America. Stanford: Stanford, 1960. 265. Print.