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.

Sunday, September 6, 2020

WILLIAMS COVERED BRIDGE - WILLIAMS, INDIANA






















                                                                                              EAST FORK WHITE RIVER
                                                                                                  LAWRENCE COUNTY
                                                                                                           BUILT - 1884

Length - 373' .... WSW of Williams, Valley Township. IN450 W. 0.8 miles from jct with Ridge Rd. in Williams, S. on Huron Williams Rd. 0.4 miles to the bridge. Built by Joseph J. Daniels. Named for the nearby town. Closed to traffic on September 20, 2010. Rehabilitated in 2012. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 9, 1981. Truss Type - Covered Double Span Howe Through Truss. (Longest Double Span Bridge in Indiana)
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 14-47-02

MEDORA COVERED BRIDGE - MEDORA, INDIANA






















                                                                                          EAST FORK WHITE RIVER
                                                                                                 JACKSON COUNTY
                                                                                                        BUILT - 1875

Length - 462' .... ESE of Medora, Carr Township. IN235 E. 1.3 miles from jct with Sparksville Rd in Medora to the bridge on the N. side of the road. Built by Joseph J. Daniels, it took nine months and cost $18,142. Closed to motor traffic in 1972. Restored in 2011. Posted on the National Register of Historic Places on September 19, 2007.  Medora Covered bridge is the longest historic covered bridge in the United States. Before the bridge was built people would cross by ferry. Until 1935, the bridge carried U.S. Route 50. Truss Type - Multiple King Post Truss Design w/Triple Burr Arch
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number -14-36-04