The Marshall Covered Bridge is a single span Burr arch truss covered bridge structure that was built by Joseph A. Britton & Son in 1917. The bridge is 74 ft (23 m) long, 15 ft (4.6 m) wide, and 14 ft (4.3 m) high.[3][4]
Marshall Covered Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 39°53′00″N 87°19′35″W / 39.88346°N 87.32629°W |
| Carries | C.R. 800N |
| Crosses | Rush Creek |
| Locale | Liberty, Indiana |
| Named for | Mahlon Marshall or David W. Marshall |
| Owner | Parke County Commissioners Parke County |
| NBI Number | 6100155[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Burr Arch truss single-span bridge |
| Material | Wood |
| Total length | 74 feet (23 m) |
| Width | 15 feet (4.6 m) |
| Height | 13 feet (4.0 m) |
| Load limit | 5 tonnes (11,000 lb) |
| History | |
| Constructed by | Joseph A. Britton |
| Construction cost | <$680 |
| Opened | 1917 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 50 |
Marshall Bridge | |
| MPS | Parke County Covered Bridges TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 78000400[2] |
| Added to NRHP | December 22, 1978 |
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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[2]
Gallery
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Marshall Bridge in the mid-1990s
See also
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edit- ^ "National Bridge Inventory Database Search - 2012". nationalbridges.com. Archived from the original on December 12, 2015.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "Marshall Covered Bridge (#29)". coveredbridges.com. Parke County Incorporated / Parke County Convention and Visitors Commission. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved June 1, 2016. Note: This includes Charles Felkner (December 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Parke County Covered Bridge Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved June 1, 2016., Site map, and Accompanying photographs.
External links
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