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Franklin Street Bridge (Old)
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Franklin Bridge (Old)
Replaced
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013
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BH Photo #293461
Description
This bridge is a Brog type designed by Fredrick Brog and works with John E. Ericson.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Warren pony truss bascule bridge over Trail Creek on Washington Street/ Franklin Street
- Location
- Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana
- Status
- Destroyed after being hit by the SS United States.
- History
- The single leaf bridge collapsed into the Creek in 1910 after being struck and was replaced with a double leaf girder type bascule bridge
- Builders
- - Borg & Ericson of Chicago, Illinois
- George W. Jackson of Chicago, Illinois
- Design
- Warren pony truss bascule
- Also called
- Washington Street Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.72240, -86.90413 (decimal degrees)
41°43'21" N, 86°54'15" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/507974/4618960 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Michigan City West
- Inventory number
- BH 62905 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- June 3, 2020: New photo from Tony Dillon
- June 3, 2020: New photo from Mike Daffron
- June 3, 2020: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
- February 23, 2019: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
- March 21, 2018: New photo from David Shedlock
- January 13, 2017: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
- December 20, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
- September 5, 2014: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
Thanks Mike ! Tony had me searching tonight!