bridge on wabash river formerly featured in ripley s believe or not! bridge in process of being replaced wider bridge.
mount carmel located @ 38°24′53″n 87°46′7″w / 38.41472°n 87.76861°w / 38.41472; -87.76861 (38.414859, -87.768596) on wabash river, demarcates indiana border. according 2010 census, city has total area of 5.00 square miles (12.9 km), of 4.86 square miles (12.6 km) (or 97.20%) land , 0.14 square miles (0.36 km) (or 2.80%) water.
the city featured in ripley s believe or not! once multicolored bridge on wabash river, painted white , black on illinois , indiana sides of state line, respectively. old twelve span parker truss bridge, later repainted entirely green, formerly connected princeton, indiana mount carmel via indiana state road 64 , illinois route 15. illinois route 1 , illinois route 15 meet few blocks bridge. 1 rail bridge runs parallel in-64/il-15 bridge, , sits few miles south, near southern edge of city. plans build new bridge become reality in 2008. after 3 years of construction new wider span opens in january 2011. new bridge milestone indiana continues quest expand indiana 64 four-lane highway part of major moves project. of february 20, 2011 new concrete , steel beam bridge carrying traffic. old bridge has been removed, river spans being imploded.
earthquake
mount carmel within wabash valley seismic zone. on april 18, 2008 @ 09:36:56 utc (04:36:56 central) earthquake of 5.2 magnitude centered near city, , hours later aftershock of 4.6 magnitude shook mt. carmel , residences. felt widespread across southern illinois , eastern portions of missouri including st. louis, 123 miles (198 km) away. aftershocks continued july.
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