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Postlewaite Covered Bridge

Dubois County, Indiana

Photos 

Indiana Historical Society

BH Photo #446312

Map 

Description 

There is much confusion over the exact location of this bridge and when it was lost. According to Bryan Ketcham the bridge was repaired in the mid 1940's, but then IHS has it being replaced in 1953. No NBI listings match for a new bridge over the Patoka at that time so some more research will be required.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Burr arch-truss bridge over Patoka River
Location
Dubois County, Indiana
Status
The latest Google Earth shows there is not any bridge on this site. W 100 S (which at one time took a route to the covered bridge) now dead ends and appears to be access to a land-locked field.
History
Built 1872; There is not any bridge on this site on the latest Google Earth view
Builder
- William T. Washer
Design
Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 108.0 ft.
Total length: 114.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.36037, -87.04291   (decimal degrees)
38°21'37" N, 87°02'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/496250/4245800 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 84827 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,090)
Built 1872 (135)
Built during 1870s (1,404)
Burr arch-truss (762)
Covered (2,783)
Dubois County, Indiana (60)
Indiana (5,201)
Lost (30,065)
 Lost 1953 (83)
Lost during 1950s (1,016)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,622)
Through truss (17,905)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,518)
Truss (36,826)
William T. Washer (22)

Update Log 

  • August 9, 2022: New photo from Stewart Edwin Beitler
  • February 21, 2021: New photo from Garrett DiDomizio
  • April 8, 2019: New photo from Tony Dillon
  • March 29, 2019: New photo from Tony Dillon

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Garrett DiDomizio - garrettdidomizio [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Stewart Edwin Beitler - stubear0430 [at] gmail [dot] com

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