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Purcell Covered Bridge

Ripley County, Indiana

Photos 

1940 Viola Toph photo

Indiana Historical Society

BH Photo #446164

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Howe through truss bridge over Laughery Creek on Delaware Road
Location
Ripley County, Indiana
Status
Removed but not replaced
History
Built in 1881 by Philip Ensminger; removed in 1957 for a recreation lake
Builder
- Philip Ensminger
Design
Howe through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 129.0 ft.
Total length: 135.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.5 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.08313, -85.24156   (decimal degrees)
39°04'59" N, 85°14'30" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/652092/4327473 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 84922 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,790)
Built 1881 (158)
Built during 1880s (2,237)
Covered (2,415)
Howe through truss (531)
Howe truss (664)
Indiana (5,115)
Lost (29,326)
 Lost 1957 (102)
Lost during 1950s (942)
Philip Ensminger (5)
Ripley County, Indiana (45)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,469)
Through truss (17,377)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,270)
Truss (36,155)

Update Log 

  • March 4, 2022: New photo from Tony Dillon
  • June 13, 2021: Updated by Tony Dillon: Moved pin closer to actual location and corrected information.
  • February 21, 2021: New photo from Garrett DiDomizio
  • April 6, 2019: New photo from Tony Dillon

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Garrett DiDomizio - garrettdidomizio [at] gmail [dot] com

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