Wells Street Bridge over Spy Creek

Photos

View Of The North Approach, Looking South

Photo by Alan Conant, October 1994, for HAER.

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #121818

Map

Maps and Databases

Facts

Overview

Lost Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Spy Run Creek on Wells Street in Fort Wayne

Location

Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana

Status

Replaced by new bridge

History

Built 1914; Replaced 1998

Builder

- Burk Construction Co. of New Castle, Indiana

Design

"The bridge is an 88-foot long, single span, reinforced concrete arch. The bridge appears to use the Melan system of reinforcing.

"The Wells Street Bridge (Allen County Bridge No. 542) over the Spy Run Creek is an 88-foot long, single-span, reinforced concrete arch. The bridge appears to use the Melan system of reinforcing, a system largely abandoned by 1914. The Wells Street Bridge (Allen County Bridge No. 542) is eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places based on its engineering significance at the local level.

"this historic documentation is being done as a mitigation measure as part of the Memorandum of Agreement for the replacement of the Wells Street Bridge (Allen County Bridge No. 542)."

Amy Rakes
Bonar & Associates, Inc.
616 South Harrison Street
Fort Wayne, IN 46802
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Dimensions

Span length: 88.0 ft.
Total length: 88.0 ft.
Deck width: 32.2 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.10167, -85.14667 (decimal degrees)
41°06'06" N, 85°08'48" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/655632/4551698 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Fort Wayne West

Inventory number

BH 37225 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

August 18, 2008: Updated by Anthony Dillon
August 18, 2008: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources

J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
HAER IN-84 - Wells Street Bridge, Spanning Spy Run Creek at Wells Street, Fort Wayne, Allen County, IN
Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com