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}} The New Harmony Toll Bridge, also known as the Harmony Way Bridge, is a now-closed two-lane bridge across the Wabash River that connects Illinois Route 14 with Indiana State Road 66, which is Church Street in New Harmony, Indiana. The bridge links White County, Illinois with Posey County, Indiana. The four-span bridge is owned by the White County Bridge Commission and was built without federal funds in 1930 by the Big Wabash Bridge Company of Carmi, Illinois. The next bridge across the Wabash about 15 miles (24 km) downstream is the Wabash Memorial Bridge near Mount Vernon, Indiana and the next bridge upstream is for Interstate 64, which does not allow farm vehicles.〔 ==Details== As originally designed, the bridge is 2,579 feet (.49 of a mile) long. It has 47 spans and a 20 foot wide concrete roadway.〔NRHP Application p. 2-3〕 The bridge is the first highway bridge erected across the lower Wabash River and the oldest remaining bridge in use over the Wabash’s length in Illinois and half of Indiana.〔NRHP Application p. 9〕 The original owner was a private company, the Big Wabash Bridge Company of Carmi, Illinois, which was chartered by Congress to build and operate the bridge on May 1, 1928.〔Public Law 70-340, 45 Stat. 480, "Authorizing Roy Clippinger (al. )...to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Wabash River...."〕 The company contracted with the Nashville Bridge Company of Nashville, Tennessee to build it. The bridge opened on December 21, 1930,〔NRHP Application p. 15〕 and 10,000 people attended the dedication of the bridge on December 30, 1930.〔〔NRHP Application p. 16〕 In 1941, Congress created the White County Bridge Commission as a joint Illinois-Indiana agency to purchase the bridge from the Big Wabash Bridge Company for $895,000.〔(''Borah v. White County Bridge Commission'' ), 199 F.2d 213 (7th Cir. 1952).〕 About 900 vehicles crossed the bridge each day. The bridge collected an average of $30,000 in monthly tolls and had $22,000 in monthly expenses.〔 The bridge was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007 in part because of its relationship to historic New Harmony, Indiana as well as the bridge's age.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=National Register of Historic Places Listing )〕 The three-member Commission was established by Congress on April 12, 1941,〔Public Law 77-37, 55 Stat. 140, "Act to Create the White County Bridge Commission,"〕 but Congress repealed the statute providing for an appointment mechanism in 1998. The Commission's general manager, who is 75, speculated that the bridge would close if the three current commissioners would resign or die.〔 In 1951, the current toll booth on the western edge of the river was constructed by the Electronic Signal Company, to replace an earlier booth on the eastern edge.〔NRHP Application p. 8〕 In 1952, a tollpayer sued to exercise his right to inspect the books and records of the Commission, but lost his lawsuit and was not allowed access.〔 In 1955, the General Accounting Office issued a report critical of the Commission and claiming that one commissioner had a conflict of interest. In response, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a suit seeking removal of the Commissioner and recovery of the misapplied funds. However, the courts dismissed the case.〔(''United States v. White County Bridge Commission'' ), 275 F.2d 529 (7th Cir. 1960).〕 In 1994, the Commission contracted to apply an epoxy coating on the bridge's surface, but the coating delaminated and the Commission refused to pay the contractor claiming that the coating had not been applied correctly. After a trial, the Commission lost the lawsuit and paid.〔'' J.S. Sweet Co. v. White County Bridge Comm'n'', 714 N.E.2d 219 (Ind.Ct.App.1999). See also (''J.S. Sweet Co. v. Sika Chemical Company'' ), 400 F.3d 1028 (7th Cir. 2005).〕 From September 2007 to April 2008, the bridge to closed to all traffic when cracks appeared in some of the concrete support piers. During the closure, contractors added new pilings to the existing piers and made other required repairs.〔 In 2010, engineers determined that the bridge required an additional $6 million in repairs. The National Bridge Inventory rated the bridge "Structurally Deficient."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=National Bridge Inventory Bridges ) 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New Harmony Toll Bridge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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