By 1882, the line would be extended to Hammond, Indiana. By 1884, an additional mile would be added as to connect to the Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad.
By 1897, the line became part of the Chicago, Indianapolis & Southern Railway (Monon Route). This route connected through Indiana, and owned a portion of the C&WI to access Chicago.
By 1971, the Monon was purchased by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad; which was under control of the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad.
The Seaboard System purchased the L&N outright in 1982. By 1986, the Seaboard Merged with the Chesapeake & Ohio and the Baltimore & Ohio to form the Chessie System.
This was one of the main Chessie lines to access Chicago, specifically from the south.
The year later, the Chessie was formed into the CSX Transportation Company, after other the B&O merger.
CSX continues to operate nearly all of this line as the Monon Subdivision. A portion between Munster and Hammond was abandoned in the early 1990s.
06/26/21
This simple I-Beam bridge was significantly reconstructed in 2014.
The bridge was built as a nine span I-Beam structure, although the center five spans have been replaced. The structure rests on stone substructures.
After abandonment, the bridge sat unused until 2014, when it was converted to a trail.
As part of the conversion, the center spans were removed and replaced with a typical pedestrian bridge. This was to improve waterflow.
Presently, the approaches are the only original thing left. It is unknown when they were built.
The author has ranked this bridge as being minimally significant, due to the massive amount of alterations.
The photo above is an overview of the structure. If anyone has any information on an original build date, I would appreciate it if you would let me know!
| Upstream | Abandoned Little Calumet River Bridge |
| Downstream | Erie Little Calumet River Bridge |