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East Hill Covered Bridge

Rush County, Indiana

Photos 

Historic photo

BH Photo #158190

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Burr arch-truss bridge over Big Flat Rock River on SR44
Location
Rushville, Rush County, Indiana
Status
Replaced by new bridge
Builder
- E.L.Kennedy
Design
Village style Burr Arch Covered Bridge with walkways
Dimensions
Total length: 160.0 ft.
Also called
Cemetery Bridge
2nd Street Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.60834, -85.43297   (decimal degrees)
39°36'30" N, 85°25'59" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/634525/4385461 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Rushville
Inventory numbers
WGCB 14-70-10x (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 44467 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,560)
Built 1886 (196)
Built during 1880s (1,992)
Burr arch-truss (352)
Covered (1,647)
E.L.Kennedy (4)
Flatrock River (31)
Indiana (4,918)
Lost (24,719)
 Lost 1940 (63)
Lost during 1940s (396)
Replaced by new bridge (16,570)
Rush County, Indiana (58)
Rushville, Indiana (2)
Through truss (15,053)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,919)
Truss (32,773)

Update Log 

  • March 30, 2019: New photo from Tony Dillon
  • March 25, 2019: New photo from Tony Dillon
  • February 10, 2016: New photo from Ed Hollowell
  • November 11, 2013: Updated by Ed Hollowell: Flatrock River
  • April 15, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Covered bridge.
  • March 18, 2010: New photo from Anthony Dillon
  • March 16, 2010: Added by Anthony Dillon

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Bill Eichelberger
  • Ed Hollowell - erhollowell [at] aol [dot] com

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