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West Jackson Street Bridge
Description
Bridge featured elaborate punched portals that featured the street name on one side and the builder's name on the other. A third truss was added to allow an interurban line to cross the bridge, after the line was abandoned it was converted into an additional walkway.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Camelback through truss bridge over White River (West Fork) on West Jackson Street
- Location
- Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built in 1892 by the Indiana Bridge Company of Muncie; replaced in 1937.
- Builder
- - Indiana Bridge Co. of Muncie, Indiana
- Design
- Camelback through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.19301, -85.39899 (decimal degrees)
40°11'35" N, 85°23'56" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/636278/4450408 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 84008 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 5, 2019: New photo from Tony Dillon
- January 3, 2019: New photo from Tony Dillon