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The Ohio River is a climatic transition area, as its water runs along the periphery of the humid subtropical and humid continental climate areas. It is inhabited by fauna and flora of both climates. Today, the Ohio River is one of the most polluted rivers in the United States.
However, when that company's successor, the Peoria, Decatur and Evansville Railway, went bankrupt, the line was resold in 1898 to the Indiana, Decatur and Western Railway, a predecessor of the Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railroad (acquired by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1927). In 1938, the line was abandoned by legal means.
Ohio River Railway: N&W: 1877 1890 Scioto Valley Railway: Ohio River and Columbus Railway: Ohio River and Lake Erie Railroad: NYC: 1897 1901 Lake Erie, Alliance and Wheeling Railroad: Ohio River and Western Railway: PRR: 1902 1931 Pittsburgh, Ohio Valley and Cincinnati Railroad: Ohio Southern Railroad: DT&I: 1881 1898 Detroit Southern Railroad ...
Henderson Bridge (Ohio River) CSX Transportation: Union Township and Henderson: 1932 Bi-State Vietnam Gold Star Bridges: US 41: Evansville and Henderson (crosses the river entirely within the state of Kentucky at this point) 1932, 1965
This category contains railroad companies that operate or operated in Chicagoland, roughly bounded by the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway (now CN) "Outer Belt". See also: Category:Railway lines in Chicago
Cairo Rail Bridge is the name of two bridges crossing the Ohio River near Cairo, Illinois in the United States. The original was an 1889 George S. Morison through-truss and deck truss bridge , replaced by the current bridge in 1952.
The railroad received a $750,000 grant from the Ohio Rail Development Commission in May 2023 to support additional tracks in Newark Yard, the primary yard on the CUOH system. The grant also supported conversion of two manually-operated switches at the Ohio Central Railroad and Ohio Southern Railroad interchange in Zanesville.
The B&O Railroad's first bridge across the Ohio River, built in 1857, served a rail line through Parkersburg, West Virginia. But the growing center of Chicago, Illinois, made a span between Benwood, West Virginia, and Bellaire more desirable. In 1865, the B&O obtained the Central Ohio Railroad and later the Sandusky, Mansfield & Newark Railroad.