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Jackson Covered Bridge

Parke County, Indiana

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Portal

Photos taken Oct. 2005 by Tom Hall
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Inside

Map 

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Facts 

Overview
Covered bridge over Sugar Creek on CR N50W
Location
Parke County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1861 by J.J. Daniels; rehabilitated 1977
Builder
- J.J. Daniels
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 198.1 ft.
Total length: 227.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.88014, -87.28242   (decimal degrees)
39°52'49" N, 87°16'57" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
INNBI 6100148 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
WGCB 14-61-28 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 78000393 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 16808 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2004)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 7.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
401

Categories 

19th Century (1,704)
Built 1861 (4)
Built during 1860s (102)
Burr arch-truss (119)
Covered (500)
HAER documented (282)
Indiana (1,561)
J.J. Daniels (9)
NR-listed (1,472)
Open (21,537)
Owned by county (14,113)
Parke County, Indiana (38)
Span length 175-250 feet (978)
Structurally deficient (10,771)
Through truss (5,174)
Total length 175-250 feet (1,761)
Truss (15,705)
Wooden deck (5,164)

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Comments 

Jackson Covered Bridge
Posted October 12, 2007, by Tom Hoffman (tehoffm [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Well, I guess I'll be the first one to tell the Jackson Bridge was apparently rehabilitated again in 2007! The bridge was in fair condition when I saw it last. This is the LONGEST SINGLE(ONE) SPAN covered bridge still in use in the United States. Such a massive single wooden span was built over 140 years ago before many iron truss bridges were. I can't imagine working like this bridges builder JJ Daniels did. The Jackson Bridge is one of my favorite covered bridges and I can't wait until I see it next.

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