Water Street/Darden Road Bridge

Water Street/Darden Road Bridge is a historic Pratt through truss bridge located in Clay Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana. It was built in 1885 by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, and is a double-span steel bridge. It measures 328 feet long and 20 feet wide. It was originally located at Water Street (now LaSalle Street) in nearby South Bend, and moved to its present location in 1906 on Darden Road, where it crosses the St. Joseph River.[1] The bridge has experienced multiple closures since being moved, the last in 1970; it remains closed to vehicular traffic.[1] Darden Road now crosses the river on a bridge opened in 1999.[2] The Water Street/Darden Road Bridge lies along the Darden Road Trail, part of the larger Indiana–Michigan River Valley Trail.[3]

Water Street/Darden Road Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Darden Bridge, October 2009
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Location	Over the St. Joseph River at Darden Rd., South Bend, Indiana
Coordinates	41°43′49″N 86°16′7″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1885 (1885)
Built by	Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.; Lane, P.E.
Architectural style	Pratt through truss
NRHP reference No.	85000599[1]
Added to NRHP	March 21, 1985

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System – (#85000599)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. Staff (1999-05-13). "New Darden Bridge". South Bend Tribune. p. D4. The opening of the new Darden Road bridge April 16....
3. "IN-MI River Valley Trail". Southwest Michigan Planning Commission. Retrieved 2018-10-28.