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Old Red Covered Bridge 14-55-03x

Morgan County, Indiana

Photos 

ca, 1915

Indiana Historical Society Photo

BH Photo #196867

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Smith through truss bridge over East Fork White Lick Creek
Location
Mooresville, Morgan County, Indiana
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Unknown except for it's replacement in 1936
Design
8-panel Howe truss
Dimensions
Total length: 50.0 ft.
Also called
Mooresville Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.60830, -86.36541   (decimal degrees)
39°36'30" N, 86°21'55" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/554476/4384475 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Mooresville East
Inventory numbers
WGCB 14-55-03x (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 48570 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,336)
Built 1870 (159)
Built during 1870s (1,259)
Covered (1,918)
Howe through truss (512)
Howe truss (640)
Indiana (5,097)
Lost (28,414)
 Lost 1936 (113)
Lost during 1930s (858)
Mooresville, Indiana (4)
Morgan County, Indiana (74)
Replaced by new bridge (19,321)
Through truss (16,737)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,565)
Truss (35,407)

Update Log 

  • August 16, 2020: New photo from Mike Daffron
  • August 19, 2018: New photo from Mike Daffron
  • June 10, 2018: New photo from Mike Daffron
  • February 11, 2014: Updated by Brent Tindall: Added GPS coordinates based on information from Mooresville Public Library.
  • April 5, 2011: Added by Anthony Dillon

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Brent Tindall - bizzat219 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Old Red Covered Bridge 14-55-03x
Posted June 10, 2018, by Mike Daffron (daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com)

Nothing left to show that a bridge was once there. I do know that Bridge Street did have a Through Truss we used to take when I was in High School (late 70's).

Old Red Covered Bridge
Posted February 11, 2014, by Brent Tindall (bizzat219 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Webpage used for location research: http://mplindianaroom.blogspot.com/2010/04/mpl-treasure-trov...

Old Red Covered Bridge
Posted May 9, 2012, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

I had looked at the map when I added the bridge page Joseph, and I agree that this is a good possibility for the former location of the bridge.

Would like to find some verification to confirm it.

Old Red Covered Bridge
Posted May 8, 2012, by Joseph Nield

While I can't be sure, there is a Bridge Street that runs east-west out of Mooresville, which crosses the East Fork of White Lick at 39.616413N,86.360581W. This seems to be the most likely place for this bridge.