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















                                                                                           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