I have a photo from my Mom's old scrapbook that shows the Reelsville covered bridge taken in April 1929. It was taken after apparent wind damage. I assume then the concrete bridge was built to replace the damaged one. Let me try to attach the photo for you. I hope it comes through ok. I wonder about the storm that damaged the bridge? Do you have a way to check the weather history for this? I just know Mom wrote April, 1929 and the name of the bridge. My Mom spent most of her life from 1916 to 1940 near the Reelsville area.
Mary Lou Hazelrigg
This bridge has been restored and is now open for pedestrians to explore. While I'm glad it's been restored, I'm ambivalent about the new railings that were used -- they don't look enough like the originals.
Mary - A friend and associate maintains a site that is a digitized inventory of "Lost Bridges" - This lost wooden span you picture is listed, but no known date of the loss is recorded in the listing, nor are there any photos.
I'm sure the information you have and sanctioned use of your Mothers photograph would be of interest to him.
Contact information can be found on the site -
http://www.lostbridges.org/details.aspx?id=IN/14-67-29x&loc=...