Mike Daffron

Could not get good pix or video of this fellow. Too bad! Traffic sucked.

Apparently, this fine structure has been damaged (it sounds very severely) in the recent flooding. A person that lives by it tells me it is permanently closed. I have not visited it. Will update when I hear more.

Great little bridge!

Just missed getting this bridge, as it is being replaced right now.

HAAAAAA!! Excellent Job!!!

The gentleman that owes the property tells of a pony truss that once crossed here, he figures at least 50 years ago.

Alright!! Only a fool would balk such pittance!

My mom found this postcard. One Helluva Bridge!!!

Yeah Yeah Yeah...I Know it's a replacement of a beautiful bridge, BUT in a hundred years people will be looking at it like "wow, they sure did make cool back then".

Question: Is anyone familiar with another area that has a stretch on bridges on one road over such a short distance? It is only .8 miles between DCL # 46 and DCL # 50. DCL # 44 is only about a mile to the east. I think this little jog should be seen by all!

Yes, the bridge has been replaced with the MOB ped. Pieces of the original have been made into "art" (?????)

This bridge is deck-high with flood water. It has been a lot worse, though. 100 years, lots of flooding and farm equipment...still holding strong. Safe to say, "they don't make 'em like that anymore".

Pretty sure this isn't a pony truss, as least anymore.

For what it's worth, here is another article:

Work on covered bridge expected to start in March

Span from Shelby Co. to be rebuilt on Beanblossom Creek

Tuesday, February 18, 2018

Bloomington Herald-Times

by Ernest Rollins erollins@heraldt.com

Work on giving Monroe County a wooden covered bridge once more is expected to start in early March.

Trees and brush need to be cleared in order for the Cedsr Ford Bridge to go up in northern Monroe County. It will span Beanblossom Creek in Washington Twosnhip and connect North and Old Maple Grove roads.

It will be the only covered brodge in the county, which once had as many as 14 but has been without any for four decades. It will be a newly constructed bridge, but will use old timber from another Indiana span.

The Cedar Ford Bridge was originally constructed by the Kennedy Brothers in Shelby County in 1885. It was dismantled and the parts were relocated to Monroe County in 1975. It is a single-span bridge, 127 feet long and 15 feet, 4 inches wide. While some of the parts rotted or rusted to a point that they couldn't be used, the goal is to recreate that bridge, combining old and new materials as needed. It will be built as close as possible to where Monroe County's last remaining covered bridge stood before being destroyed in a 1976 fire.

The Cedar Ford Bridge project will also include the realignment of approximately 1,4000 feet of roadway.

Bloomington-based CLR Construction is the prime contractor on the estimated $1.58 million project. The Bloomington office of VS Engineering Inc. designed the project.

Federal funds will pay for 80 percent of the project costs, with Monroe County to contribute the remaining 20 percent. Funding for the National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program will help pay for the county's share of the cost.

Found the location with Tony Dillon's help. My uncle, who has passed, never documented his pictures. The locals I have spoken to verify it is the bridge.