About Mud Run Bridge
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
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Sources & Citations
References for this location, in MLA format.
- “Marker #15-11 Dayton, Springfield, and Urbana Electric Railway.” Remarkable Ohio, 17 Dec. 2013. Accessed 17 Dec. 2013.
- “Interurban Railways in Ohio.” Chicago Transit & Railfan, 17 Dec. 2013. ↗ Accessed 17 Dec. 2013.
- Indiana Columbus and Eastern Traction Company. The Electric Interurban Railways in America, Stanford, 1960.
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