Wells_Street_Bridge_(Fort_Wayne,_Indiana) Knowpia

	Wells Street Bridge
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Wells Street Bridge, April 2011
Location	Wells St. at the St. Mary's River, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Coordinates	41°4′58″N 85°8′38″W / 41.08278°N 85.14389°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1884
Built by	Stewart, Alvin John; Wrought Iron Bridge Co.
Architectural style	Whipple Truss
NRHP reference No.	88001575
Added to NRHP	September 15, 1988

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.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-07-01. Note: This includes Craig Leonard (June 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wells Street Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-07-01. and Accompanying photographs.