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High Street Bridge
Photos
1913 Flood photo
Pre 1923 photo
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BH Photo #440930
Description
Likely a product of the hometown Indiana Bridge Company, this span featured long Camelback trusses that were so popular with the firm.
Both photos feature the Pratt truss interurban span that stood next to it.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Camelback through truss bridge over White River (West Fork) on High Street/Wheeling Avenue
- Location
- Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built ca. 1890
- Builder
- - Indiana Bridge Co. of Muncie, Indiana (Likely Fabricator)
- Design
- 11-panel, pinned Camelback through truss
- Also called
- Wheeling Avenue Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.19702, -85.38898 (decimal degrees)
40°11'49" N, 85°23'20" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/637123/4450868 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 84002 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 3, 2019: New photos from Tony Dillon