Mesker Park Zoo Foot Bridge – Evansville IN

City:
Evansville, IN

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Zoos

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Started:
1937

Completed:
1937

Description

Concrete deck footbridge over a small ravine, abutments, two feet high on both sides with squars piers on each end, abutments built of brick faced with rock facestone, capped with limestone. Article in Evansville Courier 1/30/38 may refer to Works Progress Administration (WPA) building these in 1937. Additional work done by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).

Source notes

DNR Historic Site and Structures Inventory; Knox Co Interim Report

Site originally submitted by Indiana DNR, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology on September 8, 2015.

Location Info


Mesker Park Dr.
Evansville, IN 47720
Vanderburgh County

Coordinates: 38.020468, -87.616983

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