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Houlton Covered Bridge 14-17-04x

De Kalb County, Indiana

Photos 

Vintage postcard view

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BH Photo #185485

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Howe through truss bridge over Fish Creek on County Road 4A
Location
Butler, De Kalb County, Indiana
Status
Destroyed by fire
History
Built in 1884; destroyed by fire in 1963
Builder
- George Woerntz & Son
Design
Howe through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 103.0 ft.
Total length: 117.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.0 ft.
Also called
Fish Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.51716, -84.87025   (decimal degrees)
41°31'02" N, 84°52'13" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/677712/4598359 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Edon
Inventory numbers
WGCB 14-17-04x (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 46844 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,397)
Built 1884 (199)
Built during 1880s (2,174)
Butler, Indiana (1)
Covered (1,979)
De Kalb County, Indiana (31)
Destroyed by fire (238)
George Woerntz & Son (3)
Howe through truss (516)
 Howe truss (644)
Indiana (5,098)
Lost (28,533)
Lost 1963 (89)
Lost during 1960s (938)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,554)
Through truss (16,816)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,382)
Truss (35,501)

Update Log 

  • January 26, 2021: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • March 31, 2019: New photo from Tony Dillon
  • December 20, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Added location of this lost span
  • November 9, 2010: Added by Bill Eichelberger

Sources 

  • Bill Eichelberger
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com

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