Vincennes Bridge Company
Cache River Bridge , 1988The Vincennes Bridge Company , based in Vincennes, Indiana , was a designer and builder of bridges that was "one of Indiana's 'most successful bridge-building firms'".[ 1] : 12
It was founded by three schoolteachers in 1898. The firm produced more than 1200 bridges per year by 1920.[ 1] : 12, 13 Vincennes Steel Company in 1932.[ 2] : 5 Wabash Steel, Inc. [ 3]
A number of its works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places .[ 4] [ 5]
Works include (attribution):
Aqueduct Bridge , Towpath Road over Birch Creek , Clay City, Indiana (Vincennes Bridge Company), NRHP-listedCache River Bridge , a Parker pony truss that spans the Cache River between Walnut Ridge and Paragould, Arkansas . It was built in 1934. AR 25, over the Cache River, Walnut Ridge, Arkansas (Vincennes Bridge Co.), NRHP-listedCollege Street Bridge , spans Barren River , Bowling Green, Kentucky (Vincennes Bridge Co.), NRHP-listedCordell Hull Bridge , Bridge Street over the Cumberland River , Carthage, Tennessee (Vincennes Steel Corporation), NRHP-listedHutsonville Bridge , IN 154 over the Wabash River , Hutsonville, Illinois , and Graysville, Indiana (Vincennes Steel Corporation)Indiana State Highway Bridge 42-11-3101 , IN 42 over Eel River , Poland, Indiana (Vincennes Bridge Company), NRHP-listedIndiana State Highway Bridge 46-11-1316 , IN 46 over Eel River , Bowling Green, Indiana (Vincennes Bridge Company), NRHP-listedJeffers Bridge , CR 200 S over Birch Creek , Clay City, Indiana (Vincennes Bridge Company), NRHP-listedMontopolis Bridge , US 183 , 8.1 miles (13.0 km) south of junction with I-35 , Austin, Texas (Vincennes Steel Corporation), NRHP-listedNorth Fork Bridge , AR 5 over North Fork River , Norfork, Arkansas (Vincennes Bridge Co.), NRHP-listedPetit Jean River Bridge , County Road 49 over the Petit Jean River , Ola, Arkansas (Vincennes Bridge company), NRHP-listedSecrest Ferry Bridge , County Road 450 E over the West Fork of the White River , Gosport, Indiana (Vincennes Bridge Co.), NRHP-listedSt. Francis River Bridge , AR 18, over the St. Francis River , Lake City, Arkansas (Vincennes Bridge Co.), NRHP-listedUS 67 Bridge over Little Missouri River , US 67 , Prescott, Arkansas (Vincennes Bridge Co.), NRHP-listed
References
Interstate 95 Gold Star Memorial Bridge crossing the Thames River - New London, Connecticut
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