CATARACT FALLS COVERED BRIDGE - CLOVERDALE, INDIANA

 

MILL CREEK

OWEN COUNTY

BUILT - 1876

Length - 140' .... Approx. 6 miles SSW of Cloverdale, Jennings Twsp. 5 miles S. on U.S. Rt.-231 to R. on N. Cataract Rd. Approx. 3 miles to bridge. Bridge on right side of road. Built by Smith Bridge Company of Toledo, Ohio. Restored 5/2005. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on April 27, 2005. Bridge bypassed in 1988. Closed to motor traffic. Truss Type - Covered Smith type #4

World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 14-60-01

GPS +39.43333, -86.81306

DEER'S MILL COVERED BRIDGE - ALAMO, INDIANA

 

SUGAR CREEK

MONTGOMERY COUNTY

BUILT - 1878

Length - 275' .... SE of Wallace, Ripley Township. IN341 S. 1.4 miles from jct with Main St. in Wallace, E. (curves S.) on IN234 6.2 miles to the bridge on the W. side of the road in Shades State Park. Built by Joseph J. Daniels. Bridge named after Deer's Mill, built by Joel Deer in 1829 which used to sit at this location. Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. Bridge bypassed in 1968, now closed to motor traffic. Truss Type - Covered Double Span Burr Arch Truss. 

World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 14-54-03

GPS +39.94611, -87.05917

DARLINGTON COVERED BRIDGE - DARLINGTON, INDIANA

 

SUGAR CREEK

MONTGOMERY COUNTY

BUILT - 1868

Length - 169' .... W. of Darlington, section 7, Franklin Township. Main St. W. 1.0 miles from jct with CR700E in Darlington, branch right (WNW) on CR500N 0.1 miles, S. on CR600E 0.1 miles to the bridge. Historic records show that George Post from Lafayette, Indiana, built the bridge using components from the Smith Bridge Company in Ohio. Joseph Kress only built the approaches and the end abutments for the bridge. The center pier was added later by an unknown person. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 28, 1990. Closed to motor traffic in 1976. Truss Type - Covered Howe Through Truss.

World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 14-54-01

GPS +40.10810, -86.79396