Thursday, August 27, 2020
NEET COVERED BRIDGE - CATLIN, INDIANA
LITTLE RACCOON CREEK
PARKE COUNTY
BUILT - 1904
Length - 144' .... ENE of Catlin, Raccoon Township. CR120 E. 1.3 miles from jct with S40E just N. of Catlin, N. on S130E 1.1 miles, E. on E400S 0.6 miles, S. on S80E 0.5 miles to the bridge. Built by Joseph J. Daniels. ( This was the last bridge that contracted by Daniels.) Bridge was named after Joseph W. Neet a nearby landowner. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978. Closed to through traffic in 1996. Truss Type - Covered Burr Arch Through Truss.
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 14-61-18
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
NARROWS COVERED BRIDGE - MARSHALL, INDIANA
SUGAR CREEK
PARKE COUNTY
BUILT - 1883
Length - 137'.... Approx. 3.5 miles N. of Marshall on N. Main, continues on Marshall Rd., continues on Narrows Rd. Built by Joseph A. Britton at a cost of $3400. Supposedly his first bridge he built. Bypassed in 1966. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978. Closed to through traffic. Truss Type - Covered Burr Arch Through Truss.
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 14-61-36
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
MCALLISTER'S COVERED BRIDGE - CATLIN, INDIANA
LITTLE RACCOON CREEK
PARKE COUNTY
BUILT - 1914
Length - 143'.... ENE of Catlin, Adams Township. CR120 E. 1.3 miles from jct with S40E just N. of Catlin, N. on S130E 1.1 miles, E. on E400S 1.0 miles to the bridge. Built by Joseph A. Britton and Son. Bridge named after James D. McAllister who owned the large Fairview Hill farm near the bridge. Bridge was rehabilitated in 1977. Posted on the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978. Open to through traffic. Truss Type - Covered One Span Burr Arch Through Truss.
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 14-61-16
NEVINS COVERED BRIDGE - CATLIN, INDIANA
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
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