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Builder plaques from original bridge.

Marker located at south end of new bridge.

Photo taken by Tom Hall in May 2010

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Facts

Overview: Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Wabash River on Grant Road
Location: Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Status: Replaced by new bridge
History: Built in 1893 by Lafayette Bridge Co.
Builder: - Lafayette Bridge Co. of Lafayette, Indiana
Design: May have been a whipple truss, unable to confirm.
Also called: Bridge #150
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.52883, -86.75997 (decimal degrees)
40°31'44" N, 86°45'36" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/520330/4486482 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Brookston
Inventory number: BH 45138 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

May 2, 2010: Added by Tom Hall

Sources

Tom Hall - thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com

Comments

Americus Bridge

Posted May 2, 2010, by Tom Hall (thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com)

I grew up near this bridge and as teen spent a lot of time riding dirt bikes in the old Wabash & Erie canal that runs along the river at the south end of the bridge. I was always fond of the old bridge, but that was before I became interested in historic bridges so I never gave it a lot of thought, it was just a way to get from one side of the river to the other.

By the time it was replaced (1983) I was newly married and living some distance away so I never got a chance to visit the old bridge before it was gone.

I now wish I had paid more attention to it and taken at least at a couple of photos because so far I have found very little information concerning it.

If anyone has any information, photos or memories of this bridge please contact me.