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Providence Bridge

Vigo County, Indiana

Photo 

St. Mary Of the Woods Vigo County IN Indiana Vigo Co

Old postcard

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BH Photo #462760

Map 

Description 

The location is just a guess

Facts 

Overview
Arched Pratt Deck Truss Bridge on a pedestrian path at St. Mary of the Woods College.
Location
St. Mary of the Woods, Vigo County, Indiana
Status
Removed
Design
Arched Pratt deck truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.50693, -87.46458   (decimal degrees)
39°30'25" N, 87°27'52" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/460059/4373136 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 12 N., R. 10 W., Sec. 1
Elevation
560 ft. above sea level
Inventory number
BH 87552 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1907 (754)
Built during 1900s (7,734)
Deck truss (1,973)
Indiana (5,143)
Lost (29,913)
Lost 1989 (194)
Lost during 1980s (1,563)
 Owned by college (93)
Pratt deck truss (415)
Pratt truss (10,529)
St. Mary of the Woods, Indiana (1)
Truss (36,687)
Vigo County, Indiana (55)

Update Log 

  • December 21, 2019: Updated by Mike Kerkau: Info, chiefly name + year of loss
  • December 21, 2019: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added truss type
  • December 21, 2019: Added by Mike Daffron
  • December 20, 2019: New photo from Mike Daffron

Sources 

  • Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Mike Kerkau - mjkerkau [at] gmail [dot] com
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Providence Bridge
Posted December 21, 2019, by Mike Kerkau (mjkerkau [at] gmail [dot] com)

Best guess on the location? Somewhere a bit northeast of the South Ravine bridge (BH 71704).

St Mary Of The Woods Bridge
Posted December 21, 2019, by Mike Kerkau (mjkerkau [at] gmail [dot] com)

After some digging, I think I have the answer.

This was known as the Providence Bridge. According to this book, it spanned a path between Sisters of Providence on the east side and St. Mary-of-the-Woods College on the west.

https://books.google.com/books?id=xvZ39oC1z6MC&pg=PA110&sour...

It was also removed in favor of a straight path across the ravine in 1989.

Incidentally...I have more bad news for you. One of those two interesting bridges in St. Mary's is now gone:

https://www.tribstar.com/news/local_news/lake-le-fer-foot-br...

No idea how far back this bridge dates, but here are some more vintage postcards that date back to the early 1900s that I managed to find while searching:

http://brisray.com/th/tpcards220.htm

St Mary Off The Woods Bridge
Posted December 21, 2019, by Mike Daffron (daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com)

I imagine this is long gone, but there are at least two other interesting bridges in St Marys: the South Ravine Bridge and Le Fer Bridge. Both are now pedestrian bridges. I have been here several times, but not to look for bridges. This now goes on my to-do list.