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Ballstown Covered Bridge

Ripley County, Indiana

Photo 

Indiana Historical Society

BH Photo #445065

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Howe through truss bridge over Laughery Creek on State Road 229
Location
Ripley County, Indiana
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built in 1880 by Thomas Hardman; replaced in 1948
Builder
- Thomas A. Hardman
Design
Howe through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 70.0 ft.
Total length: 76.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.5 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.24542, -85.24778   (decimal degrees)
39°14'44" N, 85°14'52" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/651206/4345474 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 84791 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,848)
Built 1880 (186)
Built during 1880s (2,058)
Covered (1,716)
Howe through truss (462)
Howe truss (576)
Indiana (4,994)
Lost (26,400)
Lost 1948 (59)
 Lost during 1940s (433)
Replaced by new bridge (17,891)
Ripley County, Indiana (45)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,259)
Thomas A. Hardman (6)
Through truss (15,739)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,672)
Truss (33,900)

Update Log 

  • February 11, 2020: Updated by Tony Dillon: Fixed name typo
  • March 25, 2019: New photo from Tony Dillon

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Balltown Covered Bridge
Posted February 11, 2020, by Anonymous

I think that should be "Ballstown Covered Bridge" and not "Balltown". The "town" is less than a mile north of the bridge location on SR 229 as shown on the map. I grew up about a mile south of that location and watched as the bridge was replace again in the early 1970's upstream slightly to eliminate a 90 deg approach turn. The current bridge and approach road is also much high so it no longer floods. I spent many days playing around that bridge and in Laughery Creek!