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Wallace Covered Bridge

Fountain County, Indiana
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Photo taken by Tom Hall in October 2005

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Overview
Howe through truss bridge over Sugar Mill Creek
Location
Fountain County, Indiana
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
Built 1871
Design
Howe through truss
Dimensions
Span length: 81.0 ft.
Total length: 81.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.98500, -87.14432   (decimal degrees)
39°59'06" N, 87°08'40" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/487678/4426102 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Wallace
Inventory number
BH 37387 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,819)
Built 1871 (53)
Built during 1870s (544)
Covered (925)
Fountain County, Indiana (53)
Howe through truss (203)
Howe truss (249)
 Indiana (3,348)
Open to Pedestrians (2,084)
Owned by county (16,488)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,718)
Through truss (9,205)
Total length 75-100 feet (4,795)
Truss (23,568)

Update Log 

  • February 15, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Added GPS coordinates
  • September 8, 2008: Added by Tom Hall

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Tom Hall - thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com
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Wallace Covered Bridge
Posted May 5, 2011, by Will (Bridgewright [at] aol [dot] com)

Storm damage righted with a bit of unusual methodology - http://t.co/cQ7WBu8