NEVINS COVERED BRIDGE - CATLIN, INDIANA

                                                                                           LITTLE RACCOON CREEK
                                                                                                     PARKE COUNTY
                                                                                                         BUILT - 1920

Length - 169' .... ESE of Catlin, Raccoon Township. CR120 E. 1.3 miles from jct with S40E just N. of Catlin, S. on S130E 0.7 miles to the bridge. Built by Joseph A. Britton and Son. The bridge was built at Gilkerson's Ford. Thomes Glilkerson had moved to the area in 1821 from Mercer County, Kentucky. In 1823 he built a mill near the ford that would later bear his name. Thomas Levi Nevins, born in 1869, later bought the Gilkerson property in 1897. This is who the Nevins Bridge is named for. 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 - 14-61-05