At the same time, the Indiana Harbor Railroad was beginning construction of 100 miles of additional mainline between Osborn, Indiana and the State Line. This coincided with the construction of the line between Indiana Harbor and Osborn in 1903.
By the end of 1906, both railroads became part of the Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad.
The CI&S used this line as a mainline, because of the double track standards. It became nicknamed the "Egyptian Line" because of the connections to Cairo, Illinois.
By 1914, the CI&S became one of several railroads combined to form the modern New York Central Railroad.
The railroad also had many connections to eastern railroads, as well as western railroads.
By 1968, the railroad merged with rival Pennsylvania Railroad to form Penn Central, one of the most disastrous mergers of the merger era.
The Penn Central quickly became unprofitable, and began expelling lines. By 1970, the railroad would be bankrupt.
By 1976, Penn Central quickly declined to the point of splitting up the railroads. In another effort to keep the system alive, the U.S. Government created Conrail to hold together numerous failing systems.
However, Conrail did not fare better. The section between Schneider and Danville was abandoned, but never removed in 1994.
By 1998, Conrail was split between Norfolk Southern and CSX. This line would go to to Norfolk Southern, as a connection to the other ex CI&S line to Kankakee.
Today, Norfolk Southern owns the entire Indiana Harbor-Danville Line; however only the Schneider to Indiana Harbor section is active.
It is known as the Kankakee Line. There is a possibility of returning service someday soon.
06/26/21
This concrete arch bridge is representative of typical overpasses, which were mass produced.
The bridge crosses Junction Avenue, which is now a private road.
It was built in 1910 during a track reconstruction in the area. Unfortunately, it is nearly impossible to access.
The Schererville Rail Crossing was the only real way to access the structure.
The author has ranked this bridge as being locally significant, due to the common design of the structure.
The photo above is a poor overview of the structure.