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Mud Run Bridge (Dayton, Springfield & Urbana Electric Railway)

Mud Run Bridge

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

Mud Run Bridge (Dayton, Springfield & Urbana Electric Railway)
Mud Run Bridge (Dayton, Springfield & Urbana Electric Railway)

Information

  • State: Ohio
  • Route: Dayton, Springfield & Urbana Electric Railway
  • Type: Girder or Beam
  • Status: Abandoned / Closed
  • Spans:
  • Navigational Clearance:


Sources

  1. “Marker #15-11 Dayton, Springfield, and Urbana Electric Railway.”Remarkable Ohio. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Dec. 2013.
  2. Vandervoort, Bill. “Interurban Railways in Ohio.” Chicago Transit & Railfan. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Dec. 2013. Article.
  3. Hilton, George W., and John Fitzgerald Due. “Indiana Columbus and Eastern Traction Company.” The Electric Interurban Railways in America. Stanford: Stanford, 1960. 265. Print.

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