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Arlington South Covered Bridge

Rush County, Indiana

Photos 

1938 W.H. Spindler photo

Indiana Historical Society

BH Photo #445954

Map 

Street Views 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Burr arch-truss bridge over Little Blue River on County Road 700 West
Location
Rush County, Indiana
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built in 1882 by A.M. Kennedy & Sons; replaced in 1951
Builder
- A.M. Kennedy & Sons
Design
Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 95.0 ft.
Total length: 113.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.63662, -85.57608   (decimal degrees)
39°38'12" N, 85°34'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/622189/4388395 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 84849 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,623)
A.M. Kennedy & Sons (27)
Built 1882 (184)
Built during 1880s (2,390)
Burr arch-truss (927)
Covered (3,339)
Have street view (30,391)
Indiana (5,235)
Lost (31,780)
 Lost 1951 (92)
Lost during 1950s (1,110)
Replaced by new bridge (21,673)
Rush County, Indiana (65)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,795)
Through truss (19,019)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,620)
Truss (38,296)

Update Log 

  • August 11, 2022: New Street View added by Stewart Edwin Beitler
  • March 31, 2019: New photo from Tony Dillon

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Stewart Edwin Beitler - stubear0430 [at] gmail [dot] com

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