New Harmony Toll Bridge

New Harmony Toll Bridge
Southern side of the Indiana end
Coordinates38°07′51″N 87°56′29″W / 38.13090°N 87.9415°W / 38.13090; -87.9415
Carries IL 14 / SR 66
CrossesWabash River
LocaleNew Harmony, Indiana
Maintained byWhite County Bridge Commission
Characteristics
DesignRiveted, Parker through truss
MaterialSteel
Total length2,579 feet (786 m)
Width20 feet (6.1 m)
No. of spans47
History
OpenedDecember 21, 1930
ClosedMay 21, 2012
Statistics
Harmony Way Bridge
ArchitectParsons, Klapp, Brinckerhoff & Douglas
NRHP reference No.07001030[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 3, 2007
Location
Map

The New Harmony Toll Bridge, also known as the Harmony Way Bridge, is a now-closed two-lane bridge across the Wabash River that connects Illinois Route 14 with Indiana State Road 66, which is Church Street in New Harmony, Indiana. The bridge links White County, Illinois with Posey County, Indiana and carried U.S. Route 460 from 1947 until 1974 when the highway was decommissioned in Illinois and Indiana. The four-span bridge is owned by the White County Bridge Commission and was built without federal funds in 1930 by the Big Wabash Bridge Company of Carmi, Illinois.[2][3] The next bridge across the Wabash about 15 miles (24 km) downstream is the Wabash Memorial Bridge near Mount Vernon, Indiana and the next bridge upstream is for Interstate 64, which does not allow farm vehicles.[2]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Wells, Len (April 30, 2008). "New Harmony bridge reopens". Evansville Courier and Press. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
  3. ^ "80th birthday for a New Harmony icon". Carmi Times. December 31, 2010. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved January 15, 2011.