Area less than one acre Architectural style Whipple Truss Opened 1884 | Built 1884 (1884) NRHP Reference # 88001575 Added to NRHP 15 September 1988 | |
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Location Wells St. at the St. Mary's River, Fort Wayne, Indiana Built by Stewart, Alvin John; Wrought Iron Bridge Co. Address N Wells St, Fort Wayne, IN 46802, USA Similar Fort Wayne Children's Zoo, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Johnny Appleseed Park, Cathedral of the Immacula, Three Rivers Festival | ||
Wells Street Bridge is a historic Whipple truss bridge spanning the St. Marys River at Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was built by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Akron, Ohio and erected by Alvin John Stewart in 1884. It has a 180 foot long span and is 23 feet wide. It was closed to vehicular traffic in 1982 and used as a pedestrian walkway.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
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