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Jessup Covered Bridge 14-61-06x
Parke County
,
Indiana
Photos
Vintage postcard scan.
Photo by John V. Pontiere, Jr.
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BH Photo #165856
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Overview
Lost Covered bridge over Little Raccoon Creek
Location
Nyesville
,
Parke County
,
Indiana
Status
Destroyed by storm
History
Built 1910, moved in 1970, destroyed in 1989 when a large tree fell on it, breaking the arches. It collapsed into the creek, floated under the Sanatorium Covered Bridge, and finally stopped near the U.S. 36 Bridge
Builder
-
J.P. Van Fossen
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Total length: 155.0 ft.
Also called
Adams Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.66387
,
-87.25637
(decimal degrees)
39°39'50" N, 87°15'23" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/478009/4390482
(zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Mecca
Inventory numbers
WGCB 14-61-06x
(World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 45299
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Categories
Built 1910
(1,158)
Built during 1910s
(9,632)
Burr arch-truss
(354)
Covered
(1,647)
Destroyed by storm
(52)
Indiana
(4,918)
J.P. Van Fossen
(1)
Lost
(24,730)
Lost 1989
(181)
Lost during 1980s
(1,370)
Nyesville, Indiana
(2)
Parke County, Indiana
(93)
Through truss
(15,060)
Total length 125-175 feet
(5,920)
Truss
(32,782)
Update Log
July 8, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Added GPS coords
May 22, 2010: New photo from Bill Eichelberger
May 19, 2010: Added by Bill Eichelberger
Sources
Bill Eichelberger
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