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Description
The long disputed date of construction has been settled. Research by Dr. James Cooper has discovered that this bridge was built in 1879.Facts
- Overview
- Covered bridge over an old channel of Wabash River on CR 950S at Limberlost County Park
- Location
- Adams County, Indiana
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- History
- Built 1879 by Smith Bridge Co.; rehabilitated 1963; closed to traffic 1974
- Builder
- - Smith Bridge Co. of Toledo, Ohio
- Design
- Howe through truss
- Dimensions
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Span length: 135.0 ft.
Total length: 135.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.61517, -84.94083 (decimal degrees)
40°36'55" N, 84°56'27" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/674188/4498076 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Geneva
- Inventory numbers
- WGCB 14-01-02 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 15776 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 15, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Corrected date of construction
- November 25, 2008: New photos from Tom Hall
- July 31, 2008: Updated by Anthony Dillon
- April 10, 2006: Posted photos from Jack Schmidt
Sources
- Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
- HAER IN-57 - Ceylon Covered Bridge, Spanning Wabash River at County Road 900 South, Geneva, Adams County, IN
- Dale Travis Covered Bridge List
- Anthony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Tom Hall - thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com