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Oblique view Photo taken by Tom Hall in October 2006 |
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Portal view Photo taken by Tom Hall in October 2006 |
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Deck View Photo taken by Tom Hall in October 2006 |
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View from Distance Photo taken by Tom Hall in October 2006 |
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Guard Rail Photo taken by Tom Hall in October 2006 |
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Looking up from abutment Photo taken by Tom Hall in October 2006 |
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Under bridge Photo taken by Tom Hall in October 2006 |
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Joint Photo taken by Tom Hall in October 2006 |
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Portal bracing Photo taken by Tom Hall in October 2006 |
The bridge is rumored to be built at least partially from materials obtained from the original Ferris Wheel at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. The current maintainer's of the bridge, the Porter County Parks Department, state only that it is "built from parts of a building from the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. According to James Coopers book, Iron Monuments To Distant Posterity the bridge may have been built from salvaged roof trusses of the Indiana building at the 1903 World’s Fair in St. Louis.
The bridge was renovated in 2003 winning a state award for the engineering work involved.
