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Julietta Covered Bridge
Photo
Indiana Historical Society
BH Photo #445882
Description
Sources list this as a Kennedy built span, but I'm skeptical of it.
They did build a few Howe trusses but preferred the Burr, which they did use in the county on the Roberts Bridge. Also the exterior looks nothing like one of their trademark structures, and the only case I know of that happening was on the "No frills" Old Nellie Railroad Bridge.This one was one of a few built in the county that was referred to as a "Birdhouse Bridge" due to the large hole at the top of the portal.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Howe through truss bridge over Buck Creek on Vandergriff Road
- Location
- Marion County, Indiana
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1881
- Builder
- - A.M. Kennedy & Sons
- Design
- Howe through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 96.0 ft.
Total length: 112.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.5 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.0 ft.
- Also called
- Buck Creek Covered Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.71883, -85.96626 (decimal degrees)
39°43'08" N, 85°57'59" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/588601/4397062 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 84818 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- March 28, 2019: New photo from Tony Dillon