1932 - Lincoln Memorial Bridge - Vincennes, IN
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YoSam.
N 38° 40.820 W 087° 32.042
16S E 453549 N 4281439
Lincoln crossed the Wabash River almost at this same spot, on a ferry entering Illinois for the first time.
Waymark Code: WM107W8
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 03/17/2019
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County of site: Knox County
Location of site: US 50 over Wabash River @ Vincennes
Date built: 1932
Built by: Bennett, Parsons & Frost
Carries US-50.
Crosses: The Wabash River.
Longest Span: 189.9 feet.
Total Length: 1065.6 feet.
Width: 22 feet
Dedication/Opening: September 3, 1933.
For the Lincoln Memorial Bridge is a deck arch bridge carrying Business U.S. Route 50 over the Wabash River between Vincennes and Lawrence County, Illinois. It is said to mark the point where Abraham Lincoln crossed the Wabash River on his way into Illinois for the first time at the tender age of 21. That would be 1830 if you have been doing your math the whole time.
The marker in the photo has this text:
WABASH RIVER IN 1779
The French founded the settlement of Vincennes along the Wabash River in 1732 to protect this important trade route from the English and to strengthen relations with the Indians in this area. This region subsequently was controlled by the British following their victory in the French and Indian War three decades later. The Wabash River also was strategically important in the contest between the British and Americans for control of the West during the Revolutionary War and in the War of 1812.
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