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Liberty Mills Rd-Aboite Creek Bridge
Photo
Photo from 1968 newspaper article
Photo courtesy of the Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel
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BH Photo #476680
Description
Featured a later design of the Smith Bridge Company that featured verticals with solid panels. Also had finials common to that firm. Likely built in the latter half of the 1880's.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Half-hip Pratt pony truss bridge over Aboite Creek on Liberty Mills Road
- Location
- Allen County, Indiana
- Status
- Replaced by new bridge
- History
- Replaced 1968
- Builder
- - Smith Bridge Co. of Toledo, Ohio
- Design
- 5-panel, pinned Pratt pony truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.03374, -85.31925 (decimal degrees)
41°02'01" N, 85°19'09" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/641284/4543863 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 90003 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- July 20, 2020: New photo from Tony Dillon