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Steubenville Covered Bridge

Randolph County, Indiana

Photos 

1937 photo

Indiana Historical Society

BH Photo #446156

Map 

Description 

One of three covered bridges built in 1883 by the Kennedy family in Randolph County.

The exact location of this bridge is unknown, but it was near the current State Road 1 Parker truss bridge. The road was straightened out as the old bridge was on a bad alignment.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Burr arch-truss bridge over Mississinewa River on State Route 1
Location
Randolph County, Indiana
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built in 1883 by A.M. Kennedy & Sons; replaced in 1941 by the current Parker truss bridge.
Builder
- A.M. Kennedy & Sons
Design
Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 140.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.28028, -85.14712   (decimal degrees)
40°16'49" N, 85°08'50" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/657516/4460513 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 84918 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,566)
A.M. Kennedy & Sons (27)
Built 1883 (158)
Built during 1880s (1,992)
Burr arch-truss (354)
Covered (1,648)
Indiana (4,918)
Lost (24,733)
 Lost 1941 (49)
Lost during 1940s (398)
Randolph County, Indiana (42)
Replaced by new bridge (16,577)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,220)
Through truss (15,062)
Truss (32,784)

Update Log 

  • February 21, 2021: New photo from Garrett DiDomizio
  • October 9, 2020: New photo from Tony Dillon
  • April 5, 2019: New photo from Tony Dillon

Sources 

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

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

Thank you for sharing that Becky... I think you are absolutely right! I adjusted the pin to the East side of the current structure.

Steubenville Covered Bridge
Posted August 8, 2019, by Becky Cashdollar (woodswolf1 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I don't think this location is correct. I believe the old covered bridge was to the east of the existing truss bridge, and not by much. There is concrete on both sides of the river just east of the iron bridge. If you look at the 1865 map, 900 west takes a sharp jog to the east over the river, hooking up with the slanted 825N. I think whatever bridge was there originally, was replaced with the covered bridge in the same spot.