Marshall Covered Bridge
Marshall Covered Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 39°53′00″N 87°19′35″W / 39.88346°N 87.32629°WCoordinates: 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 | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
U.S. Historic district Contributing property | |
MPS | Parke County Covered Bridges TR |
NRHP reference No. | 78000400[2] |
Added to NRHP | December 22, 1978 |
Location | |
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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]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[2]
Gallery[]
Marshall Bridge in the mid-1990s
See also[]
- List of Registered Historic Places in Indiana
- Parke County Covered Bridges
- Parke County Covered Bridge Festival
References[]
- ^ http://nationalbridges.com/[bare URL]
- ^ 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 21 September 2016.
- ^ "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.
External links[]
Media related to Marshall Covered Bridge at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Parke County, Indiana
- Covered bridges in Parke County, Indiana
- Bridges completed in 1917
- Road bridges in Indiana
- 1917 establishments in Indiana
- Historic district contributing properties in Indiana
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- Wooden bridges in Indiana
- Burr Truss bridges in the United States
- Midwestern United States bridge (structure) stubs
- Indiana building and structure stubs
- Indiana transportation stubs
- Central Indiana Registered Historic Place stubs