Monday, September 7, 2020

MOSCOW COVERED BRIDGE - MOSCOW, INDIANA















                                                                                                    FLATROCK RIVER
                                                                                                       RUSH COUNTY
                                                                                                          BUILT - 1886

Length - 346' .... In Moscow, Orange Township. IN244 W. 3.2 miles from jct with IN3 just W. of Milroy, S. on S500W 0.4 miles, SW (curves S.) on Skating Rink Rd. (CR840S) 1.2 miles, W. on CR900S 50' to the bridge. Built by E. L. Kennedy. The bridge was restored in 1982 and 1999. An F3 tornado did considerable damage to the crossing on the evening of June 3, 2008, but it was soon rebuilt with new and salvaged materials by Dan Collom & Sons of Bridgeton. Per the MoscowBridge.com website, the reconstructed bridge "consists of over 40% timbers from the old bridge. The new bridge is built as a E.L. Kennedy designed and engineered. It has the same look as the original bridge. Posted on the National Register of Historic Places on February 2, 1983. Open to through traffic. Truss Type - Covered Burr Arch Through Truss with Queenpost Truss support. Because of engineering constraints, a Burr Arch bridge could not be constructed any longer than 155 feet, which would have made the two-span design just 20 short. This was resolved by engineering a 10-foot Queenpost truss in the middle of each arch. 
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 14-70-07.

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