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National Road Bridge
Description
Excerpt from "Richmond" by Susan E. King
"The first bridge to span the gorge was an engineering feat for its time at 120 feet long with a height of 30 feet. The funds were appropriated in 1832, and construction began in 1833. The stone abutments had to be hauled from Abington in the southern part of the country, and all the timbers and bolts were prepared on site. When it was complete, the span was considered the finest bridge on the National Road. It was closed to traffic in 1895."
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Covered bridge over East Fork Whitewater River on Old National Road in Richmond
- Location
- Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1834, closed to traffic in 1895, replaced in 1897
- Design
- Butt arch-truss
- Dimensions
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Total length: 120.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.82673, -84.90197 (decimal degrees)
39°49'36" N, 84°54'07" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/679546/4410632 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Richmond
- Inventory number
- BH 74200 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 17, 2020: New photo from Tony Dillon
- February 18, 2019: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
- October 26, 2016: Added by Jacob P. Bernard
Sources
- Jacob P. Bernard
- Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com