Wells Street Bridge | |
Location: | Wells St. at the St. Mary's River, Fort Wayne, Indiana |
Coordinates: | 41.0828°N -85.1439°W |
Builder: | Stewart, Alvin John; Wrought Iron Bridge Co. |
Architecture: | Whipple Truss |
Added: | September 15, 1988 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 88001575 |
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.[1]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.