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18th Street-Wabash River Bridge

Cass County, Indiana

Photo 

18th Street Bridge

Logansport Pharos-Tribune: June 18 1959

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BH Photo #479281

Map 

Description 

Would have been about a 600 foot long structure.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Wabash River on 18th Street
Location
Logansport, Cass County, Indiana
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built ca.1880's by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company; Replaced 1977
Builder
- Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
Design
(4)10-panel, pinned Whipple through trusses
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.74293, -86.34623   (decimal degrees)
40°44'35" N, 86°20'46" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/555196/4510426 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 90329 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Cass County, Indiana (91)
Indiana (4,918)
Logansport, Indiana (36)
Lost (24,725)
Lost 1977 (78)
Lost during 1970s (774)
 Replaced by new bridge (16,573)
Through truss (15,058)
Truss (32,778)
Whipple truss (387)
Wrought Iron Bridge Co. (373)

Update Log 

  • August 20, 2020: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • August 20, 2020: Added by Tony Dillon

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com

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