The Vincennes Bridge Company, based in

Vincennes, Indiana Vincennes is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Indiana, Knox County, Indiana, United States. It is located on the lower Wabash River in the Southwestern Indiana, southwestern part of the state, nearly halfway between Evansville, Indi ...

, was a designer and builder of bridges that was "one of Indiana's 'most successful bridge-building firms'". It was founded by three schoolteachers in 1898. The firm produced more than 1200 bridges per year by 1920. The firm reincorporated as Vincennes Steel Company in 1932. The Vincennes Steel Company ceased to exist by 2006, when its assets were folded into Wabash Steel, Inc. A number of its works are listed on the U.S.

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

. Works include (attribution): * Aqueduct Bridge, Towpath Road over Birch Creek,

Clay City, Indiana Clay City is a town in Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana, United States. The population was 861 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Clay City was originally called Markland, and under th ...

(Vincennes Bridge Company), NRHP-listed *

Cache River Bridge The Cache River Bridge is a Parker pony truss that spans the Cache River between Walnut Ridge and Paragould, Arkansas. It was built in 1934 by the Arkansas State Highway Commission and was designed by the Vincennes Bridge Company. Formerly carry ...

, a Parker

pony truss A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units. The connected elements (typically straight) may be stressed from tension, compression, or s ...

that spans the Cache River between Walnut Ridge and

Paragould, Arkansas Paragould is the county seat of Greene County, and the 19th-largest city in Arkansas, in the United States. The city is located in northeastern Arkansas on the eastern edge of Crowley's Ridge, a geologic anomaly contained within the Arkansas delta ...

. It was built in 1934. AR 25, over the Cache River,

Walnut Ridge, Arkansas Walnut Ridge is a city in Lawrence County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 5098 at the United States Census's 2019 estimate. The city is the county seat of Lawrence County. Walnut Ridge lies immediately north of Hoxie. The two towns f ...

(Vincennes Bridge Co.), NRHP-listed * College Street Bridge, spans

Barren River The Barren River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 13, 2011 river in western Kentucky, United States. It is the largest tributary of the Green River, which drains ...

Bowling Green, Kentucky Bowling Green is a home rule-class city and the county seat of Warren County, Kentucky, United States. Founded by pioneers in 1798, Bowling Green was the provisional capital of Confederate Kentucky during the American Civil War. As of the 2 ...

(Vincennes Bridge Co.), NRHP-listed * Cordell Hull Bridge, Bridge Street over the

Cumberland River The Cumberland River is a major waterway of the Southern United States. The U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 8, 2011 river drains almost of southern Kentucky and ...

Carthage, Tennessee Carthage is a town in and the county seat of Smith County, Tennessee, United States; it is part of the Nashville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,306 at the 2010 census. It is located on the Cumberland River, which was important ...

(Vincennes Steel Corporation), NRHP-listed *

Hutsonville Bridge The Hutsonville Bridge or Sullivan-Hutsonville Bridge connecting Crawford County, Illinois, and Sullivan County, Indiana, over the Wabash River, built 1939 and replaced in 1988, was an example of the relatively rare self-anchored suspension bri ...

, IN 154 over the

Wabash River The Wabash River ( French: Ouabache) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 river that drains most of the state of Indiana in the United States. It flows fro ...

Hutsonville, Illinois Hutsonville is a village in Crawford County, Illinois, United States. The population was 478 at the 2020 census. Geography Hutsonville is located in northeastern Crawford County at (39.109142, -87.659262), along the Wabash River. Its eastern bord ...

, and

Graysville, Indiana Graysville is an unincorporated community in Turman Township, Sullivan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The community is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area In the United States, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is ...

(Vincennes Steel Corporation) *

Indiana State Highway Bridge 42-11-3101 Indiana State Highway Bridge 42-11-3101, also known as Poland Bridge, is a historic Truss bridge, Parker through truss bridge located in Cass Township, Clay County, Indiana, Cass Township, Clay County, Indiana. It was built by the Vincennes Bridge ...

, IN 42 over Eel River,

Poland, Indiana Poland is an unincorporated community in eastern Cass Township, Clay County, Indiana, United States. It lies along State Road 42 southeast of the city of Brazil, the county seat of Clay County. Its elevation is 696 feet (212 m). A ...

(Vincennes Bridge Company), NRHP-listed *

Indiana State Highway Bridge 46-11-1316 Indiana State Highway Bridge 46-11-1316, also known as Bowling Bridge, is a historic Parker through truss bridge located in Washington Township, Clay County, Indiana. It was built by the Vincennes Bridge Company and erected in 1939. It carries ...

, IN 46 over Eel River,

Bowling Green, Indiana Bowling Green is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Clay County, Indiana. It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The town was probably named after Bowling Green, Virginia. The first post office was e ...

(Vincennes Bridge Company), NRHP-listed * Jeffers Bridge, CR 200 S over Birch Creek,

(Vincennes Bridge Company), NRHP-listed *

Montopolis Bridge The Montopolis Bridge is a historic Parker through truss bridge in Austin, Texas. It is located in the Montopolis neighborhood where a bicycle and pedestrian walkway crosses the Colorado River in southeastern Travis County. The bridge consists ...

US 183 U.S. Route 183 (US 183) is a north–south United States highway. The highway's northern terminus is in Presho, South Dakota, at an intersection with Interstate 90. Its southern terminus is in Refugio, Texas, at the southern intersection ...

, south of junction with

I-35 Interstate 35 (I-35) is a major Interstate Highway in the central United States. As with most primary Interstates that end in a five, it is a major cross-country, north–south route. It stretches from Laredo, Texas, near the Mexican border ...

Austin, Texas Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the county seat, seat and largest city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and Williamson County, Texas, Williamson co ...

(Vincennes Steel Corporation), NRHP-listed * North Fork Bridge, AR 5 over North Fork River,

Norfork, Arkansas Norfork is a city in Baxter County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 550 at the 2010 census. Geography Norfork is located at (36.209506, -92.281702). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of wh ...

(Vincennes Bridge Co.), NRHP-listed * Petit Jean River Bridge, County Road 49 over the

Petit Jean River The Petit Jean River is a river in west-central Arkansas. The river rises in the Ouachita Mountains in northern Scott County; it flows through Logan County and Yell County, defining the border between Yell County and Conway County before reachi ...

Ola, Arkansas Ola is a city in Yell County, Arkansas, Yell County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,281 at the United States Census, 2010, 2010 census. It is part of the Russellville, Arkansas, Russellville Russellville micropolitan area, Micropoli ...

(Vincennes Bridge company), NRHP-listed * Secrest Ferry Bridge, County Road 450 E over the West Fork of the White River,

Gosport, Indiana Gosport is a town in Wayne Township, Owen County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 826 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Bloomington, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Gosport was platted in 1829, and named for E ...

(Vincennes Bridge Co.), NRHP-listed * St. Francis River Bridge, AR 18, over the

St. Francis River The St. Francis River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, about long, in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas in the United States. The river drains a mostly rural area and forms part of the Missouri-Arkansas state line along the ...

Lake City, Arkansas Lake City is a city in Craighead County, Arkansas, United States, along the St. Francis River. Lake City is one of two county seats in Craighead County. The population was 2,326 as of the 2020 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Me ...

(Vincennes Bridge Co.), NRHP-listed * US 67 Bridge over Little Missouri River,

US 67 U.S. Route 67 is a major north–south U.S. highway which extends for 1,560 miles (2,511 km) in the Central United States. The southern terminus of the route is at the United States-Mexico border in Presidio, Texas, where it continues so ...

Prescott, Arkansas Prescott is a city and the county seat of Nevada County, Arkansas, United States. The community had a population of 3,296 at the 2010 census. Prescott is part of the Hope Micropolitan Statistical Area. Located 100 miles southwest of Little Ro ...

(Vincennes Bridge Co.), NRHP-listed

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