Catlin Covered Bridge

Catlin Covered Bridge
Catlin Covered Bridge
Coordinates 39°47′29.93″N 87°14′17.31″W / 39.7916472°N 87.2381417°W / 39.7916472; -87.2381417Coordinates: 39°47′29.93″N 87°14′17.31″W / 39.7916472°N 87.2381417°W / 39.7916472; -87.2381417
Carries Pedestrian traffic (Not open to vehicular traffic)
Crosses Bill Diddle Creek
Locale Rockville Golf Course, Rockville,
Adams Township, Parke County, Indiana
Official name Catlin Bridge
Named for Catlin, Indiana
WGCB # 14-61-15[1]
Characteristics
Design Burr arch truss bridge
Material Concrete (foundations)
Trough construction Wood
Total length

72 ft (22 m)

54ft +9 ft (2.7 m) overhangs on each end
Width 16 ft (4.9 m)
No. of spans 1
Clearance above 13 ft (4.0 m)
Catlin Covered Bridge (#13)
Location of Catlin Covered Bridge
Location of Catlin Covered Bridge
Location of Catlin Covered Bridge
Built 1907 (1907)
Built by Clark McDaniel
Website Catlin Bridge
Part of Parke County Covered Bridges TR (#64000193)
NRHP reference # 78000387 [2]
Added to NRHP December 22, 1978

The Catlin Covered Bridge is a single span Burr Arch truss covered bridge structure that was built by Clark McDaniel in 1907.

History

Originally it was located on the Rockville–Rosedale Road on the north side of Caitlin crossing Sunderland Creek.39°41′56″N 87°14′13″W / 39.698868°N 87.236938°W / 39.698868; -87.236938 (Original Catlin Bridge location) This road had originally been a major route to Crawfordsville, even having the title the "Ben Hur Highway", for General Lew Wallace who was a famous Crawfordsville resident and author of the famous novel Ben Hur. Even after US Highway 41 was completed heavy agricultural truck traffic continued to use the bridge. This led the bridge being condemned in the late 1950s, and closed. After the bridge was closed, it fell into a severe state of disrepair. Funds were raised to save the valuable covered bridge and it was relocated to its present spot, at the Rockville Golf Course, in 1961 by Garrard Brothers Trucking where it crosses Bill Diddle Creek.[3][4]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.indianacrossings.org/bridgeLinks/14-61-15.html
  2. 1 2 National Park Service (January 23, 2007). "National Register Information System – Catlin Covered Bridge (#13) (#78000387)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Catlin Covered Bridge (#13)". coveredbridges.com. Parke County Incorporated / Parke County Convention and Visitors Commission. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-06-01. Note: This includes Charles Felkner (December 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Parke County Covered Bridge Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-01. , Site map, and Accompanying photographs.


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