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Harrodsburg Covered Bridge

Monroe County, Indiana

Photos 

Indiana Historical Society

BH Photo #446161

Map 

Description 

Vandals cut the lower chords of this bridge causing it to collapse into the creek.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Smith through truss bridge over Clear Creek on State Route 37 (Old Alignment)
Location
Monroe County, Indiana
Status
Replaced by a new bridge after collapse due to vandalism.
History
Built in 1874 by the Smith Bridge Company; replaced in 1949
Builder
- Smith Bridge Co. of Toledo, Ohio
Design
Smith through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 82.0 ft.
Total length: 88.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.5 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.01885, -86.54363   (decimal degrees)
39°01'08" N, 86°32'37" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/539507/4318967 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 84921 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,571)
Built 1874 (93)
Built during 1870s (1,111)
Collapsed (393)
Covered (1,648)
Indiana (4,921)
Lost (24,762)
Lost 1949 (54)
 Lost during 1940s (400)
Monroe County, Indiana (72)
Smith Bridge Co. (82)
Smith truss (44)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,434)
Through truss (15,082)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,588)
Truss (32,809)

Update Log 

  • February 21, 2021: New photo from Garrett DiDomizio
  • May 22, 2020: New photo from Mike Daffron
  • April 6, 2019: New photos from Tony Dillon

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Garrett DiDomizio - garrettdidomizio [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Harrodsburg Covered Bridge
Posted April 8, 2019, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

You're right Tom... I had forgotten about that!

I'm sure it was done to hasten the building of a new bridge, as the old one was looking pretty dilapidated.

Harrodsburg Covered Bridge
Posted April 7, 2019, by Tom Hoffman

I remember reading in two covered bridge books that this bridge was destroyed when vandals cut the lower cords which let the structure crash in the creek.