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Plainfield Covered Bridge

Hendricks County, Indiana

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Built around 1834, this covered bridge spanned the White Lick Creek in Plainfield, Indiana. Built of black walnut timbers, the bridge was razed in 1888 and replaced with a steel bridge

Courtesy of the Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library, Plainfield, IN

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BH Photo #433527

Map 

Description 

The flairing of the siding at the abutments shows this to be a Burr Arch truss bridge.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Covered Bridge over White Lick Creek on the National Road in Plainfield.
Location
Plainfield, Hendricks County, Indiana
Status
Replaced by a Whipple truss iron bridge in 1888
History
Built 1834; Replaced 1888
Design
Burr arch-truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.70173, -86.40634   (decimal degrees)
39°42'06" N, 86°24'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/550894/4394821 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 82607 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,567)
Built 1834 (16)
Built during 1830s (198)
Burr arch-truss (354)
Covered (1,648)
Hendricks County, Indiana (94)
Indiana (4,918)
 Lost (24,750)
Lost 1888 (7)
Lost during 1880s (74)
Plainfield, Indiana (7)
Replaced by new bridge (16,591)
Through truss (15,076)
Truss (32,800)

Update Log 

  • February 16, 2019: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added truss type
  • August 25, 2018: Added by Mike Daffron

Sources 

  • Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com

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