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Burlington Covered Bridge

Carroll County, Indiana

Photos 

From display at Burlington Community Center

Painting courtesy of Dick and Marilyn Shuler.

Photo taken by James Norwood

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BH Photo #238226

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost covered bridge over Wildcat Creek on Michigan Street
Location
Burlington, Carroll County, Indiana
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1870, replaced in 1919
Design
Covered Howe(?) through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.48668, -86.39489   (decimal degrees)
40°29'12" N, 86°23'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/551283/4481951 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Burlington
Inventory number
BH 53269 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,635)
Built 1870 (164)
Built during 1870s (1,324)
Burlington, Indiana (2)
Carroll County, Indiana (103)
Indiana (5,110)
 Lost (29,047)
Lost 1919 (46)
Lost during 1910s (672)
Replaced by new bridge (19,747)
Through truss (17,180)
Truss (35,926)

Update Log 

  • August 27, 2012: Added by Jacob P. Bernard

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Sources 

  • Jacob P. Bernard
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Comments 

Burlington Covered Bridge
Posted September 10, 2012, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

Absolutely! Please post it and the name/location of the bridge if not this one.

Burlington Covered Bridge
Posted September 10, 2012, by Laura Shuler (Shuler_laura [at] yahoo [dot] com)

What a very nice surprise to find this painting done by my husbands grandmother!! We have another one of her covered bridge paintings hanging inmy house of the Lancaster or Beard Bridge in Carroll County! Let me know if you would like a picture of it!!