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Bean Blossom Covered Bridge

Brown County, Indiana

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Overview

Photo taken by Chris Light

BH Photo #102686

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Video 

Bean Blossom Covered Bridge

video by Mike Daffron

Facts 

Overview
Covered bridge over Bean Blossom Creek on Covered Bridge Road
Location
Brown County, Indiana
Status
Open to one-lane traffic
History
Built 1880 by Capt. Joseph Balsey for $1,200.00
Builder
- Capt. Joseph Balsey
Design
Howe-single through truss bridge.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 57.4 ft.
Total length: 101.0 ft.
Deck width: 11.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.5 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.26085, -86.25520   (decimal degrees)
39°15'39" N, 86°15'19" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/564256/4345988 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Morgantown
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
50
Inventory numbers
INNBI 0700036 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
WGCB 14-07-01 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 15851 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 15.4 (out of 100)
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Categories 

19th Century (7,543)
Brown County, Indiana (35)
Built 1880 (178)
Built during 1880s (1,989)
Capt. Joseph Balsey (1)
Covered (1,644)
Howe through truss (447)
Howe truss (555)
Indiana (4,909)
NR-eligible (4,046)
 One-lane traffic (7,600)
Open (39,829)
Owned by county (20,732)
Select (530)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,058)
Structurally deficient (14,273)
Through truss (15,021)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,162)
Truss (32,711)
Wooden deck (6,065)

Update Log 

  • March 14, 2020: New video from Mike Daffron
  • November 4, 2019: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • May 12, 2018: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • September 3, 2017: New photos from Bill Eichelberger
  • December 14, 2011: Updated by Tony Dillon: Corrected builder's name per Brown County history book and added cost.
  • November 9, 2010: New photo from Bill Eichelberger
  • August 23, 2010: New photos from J.P.
  • March 12, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Modified truss type
  • August 18, 2006: Posted photos from Chris Light

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Bean Blossom Covered Bridge
Posted December 21, 2020, by Grant DiDomizio (grantdidomizio [at] gmail [dot] com)

I read in an older book about historic bridges of the middle west that the bean blossom at one point had collapsed. Does anyone know what that refers to? Possibly partial decking collapse and had been rebuilt?

Bean Blossom Covered Bridge
Posted December 6, 2009, by Harold Scudder (hlscudder [at] cablespeed [dot] com)

For the covered bridge enthusiast, This is one of Indiana's most loved. I have visited this bridge several times and never tire of it.The serenity of the area surrounding the bridge just keeps calling folks back time and time again.