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Lewis Creek Covered Bridge
Description
Original cost was $4,926. This was the 2nd covered bridge that the county historical society attempted to save (Vine St./Walkerville-1958), but again the funds couldn't be raised and the bridge was replaced in 1966.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Burr arch-truss bridge over Lewis Creek on County Road 850 South
- Location
- Shelby County, Indiana
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1883
- Builder
- - Kennedy Brothers
- Design
- Burr arch-truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 130.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.40098, -85.82137 (decimal degrees)
39°24'04" N, 85°49'17" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/601482/4361938 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Lewis Creek
- Inventory number
- BH 77884 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- July 13, 2017: Added by Tony Dillon