Wells Street Bridge (Fort Wayne, Indiana)
Wells Street Bridge | |
 Wells Street Bridge, April 2011 | |
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| Location | Wells St. at the St. Mary's River, Fort Wayne, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 41°4′58″N 85°8′38″W / 41.08278°N 85.14389°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1884 |
| Built by | Stewart, Alvin John; Wrought Iron Bridge Co. |
| Architectural style | Whipple Truss |
| NRHP reference No. | 88001575[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 15, 1988 |
Wells Street Bridge is a historic Whipple truss bridge spanning the St. Marys River at Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was built by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Akron, Ohio and erected by Alvin John Stewart in 1884. It has a 180 foot long span and is 23 feet wide. It was closed to vehicular traffic in 1982 and used as a pedestrian walkway.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-07-01. Note: This includes Craig Leonard (June 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wells Street Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-07-01. and Accompanying photographs.
External links
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Categories:
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- Bridges completed in 1884
- National Register of Historic Places in Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Wrought iron bridges in the United States
- Whipple truss bridges in the United States
- Transportation buildings and structures in Allen County, Indiana
- 1884 establishments in Indiana
- Wrought Iron Bridge Company
- Pedestrian bridges in Iowa
- Northern Indiana Registered Historic Place stubs