Bridge for sale: Any takers? http://thebridgehunter.areavoices.com/2016/06/14/crows-bridg...
I'll post this in my Chronicles page and include your contact details. Glad they decided to keep the bridge intact and give it up for sale.....
JS
Yeah... Not spelled wrong just once, but 3 times.
Unfortunately, Putnam County cares little for it's historic bridges. They ride Parke County's coat-tails with the covered spans, but are happy to ignore the steel trusses. A once very nice collection has been whittled down to near nothing.
A real shame!
Here is the article for posterity:
http://www.bannergraphic.com/story/2302676.html
Road to close up to 6 months for Crowe's Bridge replacement
Friday, May 6, 2016
County Road 100 East between 25 South and 200 North in Greencastle Township will be closed on or after Monday, May 9 for bridge replacement.
The federal aid project will replace Crowe's Bridge, the 113-year-old iron truss bridge spanning Big Walnut Creek. The project has been in the works since 1999.
Once the road may only be closed for 180 days, County Highway Supervisor Mike Ricketts reported. This should put the estimated completion date of the project no later than November.
The county learned several years ago that Crowe's would not be placed on the National Register of Historic Places, making the replacement easier and less costly.
Sorry Andy... But this is a replacement not a repair according to what info I have.
Also, as you will often find, the paper had the name wrong and it should actually be Crow's Bridge.
Closed for repairs in 2016
I hate to see any bridge go away. Maybe someone should tell the folks in Brown County (who were going to get the Eel River bridge at Bowling Green) about this baby. Perhaps it could fill one of their needs!!!
Members of the Greencastle High School Class of 1929, including my father Manford R. Craver and Dr. Anne S. Nichols and their friends used to go to the bridge, climb it, and dive into the water! This bridge is destined for destruction in 2016 and its charm will be missed. Nothing replacing it can fill the void.
Crowe's Bridge to be replaced in 2016
At least they didn't replace it
Yup....they were there!
I wish Putnam County would quit piddling around and just do regular rehabs on their neat bridges.
The Hibbs Ford Bridge is proof that they do know how!
8/30/09 Bridge now has extra cables in place. They did a great job of making them look like part of the bridge. You barely notice they are there.
Did they just get added in the last 4 months, or are they present in the photos from April & I just can't see them?
Webmaster's note: The photos that were here have been incorporated into the main site.
This one is known as Crow's bridge.
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