Photo courtesy of the Indiana State Department of Natural Resource, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology.
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BH Photo #157685
Tony, I deleted my photos. Obviously they were incorrect.
Tony, did you mean I was incorrect about the location of the Old River Covered Bridge, or it was incorrect to demolish the metal truss?
Right again Tom... This is incorrect as this was the location of the Old River Bridge over the main channel.
I'll bet this bridge was removed and never replaced. Anyway, I believe this area is where the Old River Covered bridge was located over the main channel. It was a two span 370 foot Kennedy Covered bridge. Also it was an unusually large wooden bridge with a 19 foot clearance and an 18 foot width. The covered bridge was lost in the 1957 flood and never replaced. I don't know if either side of the river has become private property. The main river channel here is the place to build a modern covered bridge not to replace a demolished historic bridge. If the branch metal bridge was demolished cause of the L word, thats never just right.
Thanks Mike! That's a page that needed to be fixed for a long time. I just happened across it yesterday and decided to take care of it. It took aerial imagery to find the right location, as that overflow appears to have all but dried up.