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Biddle Island North, Cass County

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Inventory Number: IN/14-09-06x
County: Cass County
Township: Eel
Town/Village: Logansport
Bridge Name: Biddle Island North
Crosses: Wabash River
Truss type: Town
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Built: 1838
Builder: Ithiel Town, Mr. Livermore & Mr. Peck
When Lost: 1876
Cause: Replaced
Latitude: N40 45.05
Longitude: W086 21.99
See a map of the area
Topographic map of the area
Directions: Third St. at Logansport on the north side of Biddle Island. 36-27N-1E.

This vintage lithograph was produced by E.C. Middleton Printer, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Titled the Logan Bridge, I believe the artist was viewing the west side of the Biddle Island North Bridge but its difficult to be sure.
R. Branson Collection, Courtesy County History Preservation Society

Comments:
2-lane. Ithiel Town contracted with Mr. Livermore and Mr. Peck to construct the 2-lane bridges at Biddle’s Island. There was a toll gate on Biddle Island for 25 years. Per the Logansport Pharos-Tribune, May 26, 1923, the south span of the 3rd Street covered bridge over the Wabash was used until 1870, when that portion south from Biddle Island was replaced with an iron bridge.

Sources:
Logansport Pharos-Tribune, May 26, 1923, p.3.
Gould, George E.. Indiana's Covered Bridges Thru the Years, 1977
County History Preservation Society (no longer accessible). Covered Bridges of Indiana, 2002, http://www.countyhistory.com/coveredbridge/cass1.htm
Indiana Covered Bridge Society. Indiana Covered Bridge Society Newsletter, Volume 5, number 2, April 1968, page 4
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics (Indiana Edition), June 1950, pages 2-3

Compilation 2026 Covered Spans of Yesteryear

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