Dunns Bridge, Indiana

Dunns Bridge
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Dunns Bridge
Coordinates: 41°13′10″N 86°58′09″W / 41.21944°N 86.96917°W / 41.21944; -86.96917Coordinates: 41°13′10″N 86°58′09″W / 41.21944°N 86.96917°W / 41.21944; -86.96917
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Jasper
Township	Kankakee
Elevation	659 ft (201 m)
ZIP code	46347
FIPS code	18-19144[1]
GNIS feature ID	433800[2]

Dunns Bridge is an unincorporated town in Kankakee Township, Jasper County, Indiana.

Geography

Dunns Bridge is located at 41°13′10″N 86°58′09″W / 41.21944°N 86.96917°W / 41.21944; -86.96917.

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 in Chicago, Illinois. 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."^[3] Note: upon a cursory look at the lack of parallelness of the tops of the arches (flattening), it is obvious that Ferris Wheel heritage is impossible. More likely, the arches may have been salvaged from a building at that exposition and the general similarity to a wheel was noted and the misinformation took root as legend.

The bridge was renovated in 2003 winning a state award for the engineering work involved.^[4]

References

1. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ "Dunns Bridge, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:433800. Retrieved 2009-10-17. 
3. ^ White City Legacy: the legend of Dunn's Bridge. North Judson Wayne Township Public Library. Retrieved 1 Jun 2008.
4. ^ Dunn's Bridge restoration wins state engineering award. The Chesterton Tribune. Retrieved 1 Jun 2008