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Bean Blossom Covered Bridge

Brown County, Indiana
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Overview

Photo taken by Chris Light

Map 

Description 

This is one of only maybe three Howe Single trusses to still exist.

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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
Rare Howe "single" through truss
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
+39.26100, -86.25533   (decimal degrees)
39°15'40" N, 86°15'19" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/564244/4346004 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Morgantown
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 (as of 12/2009)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 25.3 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
34

Categories 

19th Century (3,854)
Brown County, Indiana (23)
Built 1880 (95)
Built during 1880s (1,055)
Capt. Joseph Balsey (1)
Covered (927)
Functionally obsolete (7,054)
Howe through truss (203)
Howe truss (249)
Indiana (3,350)
 NR-eligible (3,751)
One-lane traffic (7,119)
Open (28,458)
Owned by county (16,527)
Select (538)
Span length 50-75 feet (7,012)
Through truss (9,256)
Total length 100-125 feet (3,649)
Truss (23,618)
Wooden deck (5,415)

Update Log 

  • 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 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.