Wells Street Bridge (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

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Wells Street Bridge
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Wells Street Bridge, April 2011
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LocationWells St. at the St. Mary's River, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Coordinates 41°4′58″N85°8′38″W / 41.08278°N 85.14389°W / 41.08278; -85.14389
Arealess than one acre
Built1884 (1884)
Built byStewart, Alvin John; Wrought Iron Bridge Co.
Architectural styleWhipple Truss
NRHP reference No. 88001575 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 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

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved July 1, 2015.Note: This includes Craig Leonard (June 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wells Street Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved July 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs.