Haunted Bridge
This railroad bridge was built in 1906 between Danville and Avon, Indiana, and is said to be haunted. We have lived in the area for 33 years, and I have been hearing stories about it since my children were in grade school.
"The ghost of a Irish worker who was killed many years ago is said to haunt the remains of this old railroad trestle in Central Indiana. He was one of many Irish workers who were hired cheap to help build a bridge across White Lick Creek back in the 1850's.
The workers were building pylons that would support the bridge and doing this by framing up the sides of a base and pouring concrete inside. One afternoon, a wooden platform collapsed and dumped one of the workers into the wet cement. He slowly sank into the pylon and the other workers could hear his fists hammering against the wooden sides as he slowly drowned. There had been nothing that could have been done to save him.... one minute he was there and the next he had vanished!
Construction was delayed for several hours while the company tried to decide what to do. Finally, they declined to tear the pylon apart to find the body of a man who was obviously dead and work continued, despite the protests of some of the more superstitious workers.
For some years after that, local residents reported the sounds of the man's final screams as he pitched into the concrete could still be heard in the night. They also claimed, along
with a number of railroad men, that the sounds of hammering could be heard coming from inside of the concrete pylon.
After the trestle was torn down many years later, people started to report the apparition of the man could be seen wandering the area, trying to flag down oncoming trains.
Danville, Indiana is located just west of Indianapolis on Highway 36. The haunted area is marked by a bridge that was built in 1906 that crosses White Lick Creek and a road. The concrete foundations of the original trestle can be found a short distance away."
www.prairieghosts.com/dan.html
There is a second story about a woman and her baby. "The story goes that she was walking to the doctor’s house late one night with her sick baby when she had the bad luck to get her foot caught among the railroad ties on the bridge. Then, disaster struck in the form of a huge locomotive barreling down on them. She struggled mightily, finally getting free of the railroad ties, but had no time to run across the bridge to escape the train. So, clutching her sick child, she jumped off the bridge. She survived, but the baby, falling from her arms, did not. Within a few weeks, the mother died of grief and a broken heart. The story concludes that if you drive under the bridge at night, you might very well hear her screaming for her baby." There have also been reports connected with this of a woman dressed in white walking the bridge at night.
avon-indiana.funcityfinder.com/the-haunted-bridge-of-avon...
The original bridge was torn down, and this bridge was built in 1906 to replace it. A picture of the original 1850's foundation is in the comments. I have driven under this bridge many times and have never seen anything. I'm not afraid of ghosts (I would love to actually see one!) and I have driven under it at night. There are a lot of woods around it, and it is quite spooky, especially at night!
If you would like to know more, just search haunted bridge Danville or Avon Indiana. This area is know as the Twin Bridges.
More pictures can be seen in my photostream, and here is a link to a picture from my archives. www.flickr.com/photos/39611512@N02/9416953681
115 Pictures in 2015 - Theme No. 46 - A Bridge
Haunted Bridge
This railroad bridge was built in 1906 between Danville and Avon, Indiana, and is said to be haunted. We have lived in the area for 33 years, and I have been hearing stories about it since my children were in grade school.
"The ghost of a Irish worker who was killed many years ago is said to haunt the remains of this old railroad trestle in Central Indiana. He was one of many Irish workers who were hired cheap to help build a bridge across White Lick Creek back in the 1850's.
The workers were building pylons that would support the bridge and doing this by framing up the sides of a base and pouring concrete inside. One afternoon, a wooden platform collapsed and dumped one of the workers into the wet cement. He slowly sank into the pylon and the other workers could hear his fists hammering against the wooden sides as he slowly drowned. There had been nothing that could have been done to save him.... one minute he was there and the next he had vanished!
Construction was delayed for several hours while the company tried to decide what to do. Finally, they declined to tear the pylon apart to find the body of a man who was obviously dead and work continued, despite the protests of some of the more superstitious workers.
For some years after that, local residents reported the sounds of the man's final screams as he pitched into the concrete could still be heard in the night. They also claimed, along
with a number of railroad men, that the sounds of hammering could be heard coming from inside of the concrete pylon.
After the trestle was torn down many years later, people started to report the apparition of the man could be seen wandering the area, trying to flag down oncoming trains.
Danville, Indiana is located just west of Indianapolis on Highway 36. The haunted area is marked by a bridge that was built in 1906 that crosses White Lick Creek and a road. The concrete foundations of the original trestle can be found a short distance away."
www.prairieghosts.com/dan.html
There is a second story about a woman and her baby. "The story goes that she was walking to the doctor’s house late one night with her sick baby when she had the bad luck to get her foot caught among the railroad ties on the bridge. Then, disaster struck in the form of a huge locomotive barreling down on them. She struggled mightily, finally getting free of the railroad ties, but had no time to run across the bridge to escape the train. So, clutching her sick child, she jumped off the bridge. She survived, but the baby, falling from her arms, did not. Within a few weeks, the mother died of grief and a broken heart. The story concludes that if you drive under the bridge at night, you might very well hear her screaming for her baby." There have also been reports connected with this of a woman dressed in white walking the bridge at night.
avon-indiana.funcityfinder.com/the-haunted-bridge-of-avon...
The original bridge was torn down, and this bridge was built in 1906 to replace it. A picture of the original 1850's foundation is in the comments. I have driven under this bridge many times and have never seen anything. I'm not afraid of ghosts (I would love to actually see one!) and I have driven under it at night. There are a lot of woods around it, and it is quite spooky, especially at night!
If you would like to know more, just search haunted bridge Danville or Avon Indiana. This area is know as the Twin Bridges.
More pictures can be seen in my photostream, and here is a link to a picture from my archives. www.flickr.com/photos/39611512@N02/9416953681
115 Pictures in 2015 - Theme No. 46 - A Bridge