Rating:
45293
{80}%
3 votes
Shelhorn Covered Bridge 14-45-01
Photos
Vintage postcard scan.
Photo taken by Bill Eichelberger
Enlarge
BH Photo #165823
Description
Relocated in 1933 after being displaced by a new highway. Originally crossed the Little Flatrock River, two miles south of Milroy in Rush County.
Facts
- Overview
- Covered bridge over park gully on a pedestrian trail
- Location
- Crown Point, Lake County, Indiana
- Status
- Open to pedestrians
- History
- Built 1878, moved in 1933 to the current location
- Builder
- - A.M. Kennedy & Sons
- Design
- Covered Burr arch-truss
- Dimensions
-
Total length: 105.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.0 ft.
- Recognition
-
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- Crown Point Covered Bridge
Milroy Covered Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.40395, -87.37280 (decimal degrees)
41°24'14" N, 87°22'22" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/468839/4583668 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Crown Point
- Inventory numbers
- WGCB 14-45-01 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 45293 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- December 25, 2020: New photos from Garrett DiDomizio
- May 19, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: It IS a covered bridge.
Sources
- Bill Eichelberger
- Garrett DiDomizio - garrettdidomizio [at] gmail [dot] com
The bridge originally crossed the Little Flatrock River on what is now State Road 3 South of the town of Milroy in Rush County, Indiana. It was at that location for 55 years... It has been at the Lake County Fairgrounds for 88.