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Ramp Creek Covered Bridge

Brown County

 

Ramp Creek Covered Bridge

GPS

N39 11.72

W86 12.99

 

built in 1838 by Henry Wolfe
Chillion Johnson was foreman

 

96 foot span with additional 7 foot overhangs on each end

 

Burr Arch Truss

 

double roadway

 

roof trussing

 

originally crossed Salt Creek

 

moved to current location in 1932

 

oldest covered bridge in Indiana
and still used for daily traffic

 

was financed by the same internal improvement act of 1836
 which began canal construction in Indiana

 

 


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Latitude: 39.1953
Longitude: -86.2165


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