Sunday, August 16, 2020

COX FORD COVERED BRIDGE - BLOOMINGDALE, INDIANA













                                                                                                     SUGAR CREEK
                                                                                                    PARKE COUNTY
                                                                                                        BUILT - 1913

Length - 192'.... NNE of Bloomingdale, Sugar Creek Township. US41 N. 3.1 miles from jct with 460N just E. of Bloomingdale, E. on IN47 0.7 miles, N. on N100E 0.6 miles to the bridge. Built by Joseph A. Britton. Bridge has a rather unusual distinction as it was built to replace a steel bridge lost in the 1913 flood. The arches used in construction of this structure were from the Armiesburg Covered Bridge which was built 60 years earlier and also washed out in the 1913 flood. Rehabilitated in 1977. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978. Open to through traffic. Truss Type - Covered Burr Arch Through Truss.
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 14-61-34

No comments:

Post a Comment