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Michigan Street Bridge
Photos
Wildcat Creek bridge north of Burlington
http://jimgrey.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/old-michigan-road-photos/
View this photo at jimgrey.wordpress.com
BH Photo #163695
Description
Original covered bridge at this location, itself removed in 1919 and later replaced with this concrete arch.Facts
- Overview
- Lost concrete arch bridge over Wildcat Creek on Michigan Street
- Location
- Burlington, Carroll County, Indiana
- Status
- Replaced by new bridge
- History
- Built 1923, replaced in 1960
- Builders
- - Daniel B. Luten (Designer)
- Indiana Highway Commission
- Design
- Luten concrete arch
- Also called
- Historic "Michigan Road" Wildcat Creek Bridge
Michigan Street Bridge
Indiana 29 Wildcat Creek Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.48680, -86.39488 (decimal degrees)
40°29'12" N, 86°23'42" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/551284/4481965 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Burlington
- Inventory number
- BH 45048 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Related Bridges
- Burlington Covered Bridge (Predecessor)
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Thanks for the links to my blog. I got those photos from a book the town of Burlington published for its 150th anniversary back in the 1970s. The book also shows a photo of a woman posing in front of the old covered bridge, near a sign that said "Danger - At Own Risk" -- apparently, the covered bridge was in sad, sorry shape when it was replaced.
I have read that the formwork for the concrete arch bridge was washed away in a flood and had to be redone, and it left the Michigan Road closed for four years at this location. It kind of boggles the mind.