Dunlapsville Bridge 14-81-02x

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Dunlapsville Covered Bridge

Date 1926-05-06

Photo taken Frank M. Hohenberger Courtesy, The Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)

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BH Photo #350044

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Facts 

Overview

Lost Burr arch-truss bridge over East Fork Whitewater River on Roseburg Rd

Location

Union County, Indiana

Status

Destroyed by fire and site flooded by Brookville Lake

History

Built 1870 by Archibald Kennedy. Burned 1971 while planning was underway to move the bridge as Brookville Dam was nearing completion and would flood the bridge.

Builders

- A.M. Kennedy & Sons
- A.M.(Archibald) Kennedy

Design

Burr arch-truss

Dimensions

Total length: 315.0 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+39.58982, -84.98779   (decimal degrees)
39°35'23" N, 84°59'16" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/672791/4384166 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

New Fairfield

Inventory numbers

WGCB 14-81-02x (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 71421 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• March 17, 2016: Updated by Ed Hollowell: Added category "Wooden deck"

Sources 

• Ed Hollowell - erhollowell [at] aol [dot] com

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