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Houlton Covered Bridge

De Kalb County, Indiana
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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
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)
USGS topographic map
Edon
Inventory number
BH 46844 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,851)
Built 1884 (100)
Built during 1880s (1,055)
Butler, IN (1)
Covered (927)
De Kalb County, Indiana (11)
Destroyed by fire (52)
George Woerntz & Son (2)
Howe through truss (203)
 Howe truss (249)
Indiana (3,350)
Lost (10,496)
Lost 1963 (12)
Lost during 1960s (132)
Through truss (9,255)
Total length 100-125 feet (3,649)
Truss (23,617)

Update Log 

  • 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

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