Wabash River Bridge, Spanning Wabash River over Salamonie Road (County Road 200 West), Huntington, Huntington County, IN
Summary
Significance: The Wabash River Bridge is a single span pinned Double Intersection Through Pratt (Whipple) Truss which is about 250 feet in length making it the longest single span bridge of this type in Indiana as well as one of the oldest. It is significant that there are only about 35 bridges of this type left in the State of Indiana.
Survey number: HAER IN-61
Building/structure dates: 1885 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Smith Bridge Coompany
Slattery, Thomas
Location
huntington, 40.79112, -85.52002
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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