Eugene Covered Bridge 14-83-05
Description
Text from a historic plaque near the south end of the bridge:"County commissioners ordered (1873) to replace unsafe bridge over Big Vermillion River at Eugene. Built 1873 by Joseph J. Daniels, Rockville: Burr truss design, 180 foot span, using existing abutments. Closed to vehicle traffic, 1974. Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1994"
Facts
- Overview
- Covered bridge over Vermillion River on CR 40W at Eugene
- Location
- Vermillion County, Indiana
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- History
- Built 1873; closed to vehicle traffic 1974; rehabilitated 1983
- Builder
- - Joseph J. Daniels
- Design
- Covered Burr arch-truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 176.8 ft.
Total length: 187.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 10, 1994
- Also called
- County Bridge No. 75
Vermillion River Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.96933, -87.47333 (decimal degrees)
39°58'10" N, 87°28'24" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/459578/4424460 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Newport
- Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
- 55
- Inventory numbers
- INNBI 8300086 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
NRHP 94000585 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 14-83-05 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 17137 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of September 2015)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 18.6 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- May 27, 2018: New photos from Mike Daffron
- May 26, 2018: New photos from Mike Daffron
- April 25, 2010: New Street View added by J.P.
- May 6, 2009: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Name, GPS and NRHP data
- October 10, 2008: Updated by Tom Hall: Changed type, added builder, common name
Sources
- Tom Hall - thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com
- Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Jacob P. Bernard
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
Comments
The new building on the south side of this bridge could very well be a covered bridge restaurant.
I believe this is the Eugene Covered Bridge on the north side of Eugene/Cayuga. Some records and books indicate that it was built in 1873 while others say it was built in 1885. Most books say it was bypassed way back in 1973. I also think the bridge was rehabilitated again at some time. Whats hard for me to remember if there was a new building of some sort on the south end of the bridge and what it was. There were a lot of cars parked there when I was at the bridge.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/in/vermillion/8300086/
I was born and raised about 20 miles from this bridge. In August 1999 I returned to photograph this Eugene Bridge from the Southwest corner ( best location ). The building next to it (also painted Red ) is the Big Bridge Restaurant. I have this photo ( 36 in. x 56 in. )on display at The Woodburn Art Center in Woodburn, Oregon from Jan. 4--26, 2008, $ 800.00 each. J.J. Daniel was the builder in 1873 and he built several other covered bridges in this vicinity, some larger and some smaller. My grandfather, Perry Myers, rode horse and buggy over this bridge for many years.
Tom Myers 2575 Jamestown Street, Woodburn, Oregon 97071