The Narrows covered bridge Indiana fall tour 2017
Truss: Burr Arch 1 span
Foundation: Hewn stone
Original Cost: $3,400
Repair/Restoration History: Replaced Salmon Lusk’s Bridges of 1840-1847 and 1847-1875. Bypassed 1960. Rebuilt in 1977 by State of Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
Bridge History: The previous Lusk Bridge was destroyed in 1875. When the Parke County Commissioners decided to replace the bridge, iron bridges were becoming popular. The first bids, opened on August 24,1882, included: Smith Iron Works - $13.00, $15.50, $21.00 per lineal foot; Wrought Iron Bridge Co. - $20.00, $21.65 per lineal foot; King Iron Bridge Co. - $21.20 per lineal foot; Columbia Bridge Works - $24.00 per lineal foot; G.F. Haynes (Wood) - $20.00 per lineal foot; J.A. Britton (Wood) - $3,750 total. All Bids were rejected.
J.A. Britton was later awarded the contract for $3400. This bridge has been acclaimed as the first in J.A. Button’s illustrious covered bridge career. Some purists have criticized the pointed arch joints, J. A. Britton built a Billie Creek Bridge in 1880, but it was probably an open bridge.
Joseph A. Button’s first wife died as he was working on the Narrows Bridge. He met his second wife, who was living at a farm not far from the narrows, while working on the bridge.
The Narrows bridge is one of the most photographed covered bridges in the state. It is accessible from a public road, three Turkey Run State Park hiking trails, and canoe trips on Sugar Creek. The famous bridges of Turkey Run include two covered bridges still standing over Sugar Creek: Narrows, and Cox Ford. There were three earlier bridges at the Narrows and the Turkey Run Bridge, located near Indiana Highway 47 and the Turkey Run State Park entrance. Then there is the famous swinging bridge over Sugar Creek.
Sugar Creek was once called Rock River because of its size and rocks. The Pottawatomie Indians called it Pungosecone which may be translated as the waters of many sugar trees or ashes at mouth of stream.
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Indiana Covered Bridges
Take a virtual tour through Marsha Williamson Mohr's book Indiana Covered Bridges. The photographs capture the timeless and simple beauty of these well-traveled structures from around the state, including Parke County—the unofficial covered bridge capital of the world. More information at:
8 Covered Bridges In Indiana Fall Tour Best of covered Bridges
8 Covered bridges in Indiana.
Covered Bridges.
Cox Ford Covered Bridge
Deer's Mill Covered Bridge
Eugene Covered Bridge
Jackson Covered Bridge
Mill Creek Covered Bridge
Narrows Covered Bridge
Newport Covered Bridge
West Union Covered Bridge
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LONGEST COVERED BRIDGE IN USA / ILLINOIS - 1540 Feet Long - Dresden Cooling Lake
World Famous Vintage Snowmobile/Motorcycle enthusiast NEAL VON OHLEN on his 81 Suzuki GL 1100 leading the way.
Grundy County - North East of Coal City, Goose Lake Township. I55 N. 4.6 miles from junction with IL113 (Coal City Rd. - I55 exit 236) just East. of Coal City, West. on Lorenzo Road. exit 240 3.1 miles, North. on County Line Rd. (Will Road.) 0.2 miles to the bridge.
G.P.S. coordinates - N41 21.21 W88 14.91
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Feel free to correct me if there is a longer covered bridge in the USA that I am not aware of. Thanx !!!
Historic covered bridge collapses
STONELICK TOWNSHIP, Ohio (Angenette Levy) -- Clermont County's historic covered bridge collapsed Tuesday afternoon while four workers were on the span. The bridge on Stonelick-Williams Corner Rd. started to sway at 2:30 p.m. Three construction workers and one county worker were not hurt. Much of the bridge lay in a heap of wood and metal in a creek. To roll into a situation like this and find out there were four guys on that and everything's in the creek and we don't have nobody injured, it's a miracle, said Stonelick Twp. Fire Chief Matt Rose. The red bridge was undergoing a major restoration. It was damaged in 2010 when a garbage truck that exceeded the single-lane bridge's weight limit crossed, causing structural damaged. Neighbors lobbied Clermont County to preserve the bridge rather than replace it. Saddened and curious neighbors went to the bridge to survey the damage. It just made me mad. I can't believe that they didn't take care enough that it's fallen over now, said Gene Conroy. He said the bridge was part of the reason he and his wife bought their home nearby. You don't come across a covered bridge that you can drive across very often, Conroy said. Catherine Rush-Ossenbeck lives at the foot of the bridge. She was working in her home office when she heard the bridge collapse. It was a hugely loud crash. The noise seemed to last several seconds, then it was total silence, Rush-Ossenbeck said. Rush-Ossenbeck and her husband were part of a group of neighbors that lobbied to restore the bridge. They wanted the historic parts of the bridge such as the Howe trusses to remain. Neighbors said workers have been dismantling the bridge to repair it. They're wondering whether that contributed to the collapse. Somebody screwed up, Rush-Ossenbeck said.The workers will return to the site Wednesday morning. They were a little bit shook up but you know I actually told one he should play the lottery. He's a lucky man to walk away from that, Chief Rose said. Rose said the bridge debris will have to be cleared soon. There's a concern that it could block the water flow in the creek when the snow starts to melt and flooding could result. The covered bridge was built in 1878. It's the last one in Clermont County.
Indiana Covered Bridges
This is a slide show of images taken during our weekend trip to Indiana. The images were taken in Parke County, Brown County State Park and Turkey Run State Park.
West Union Covered Bridge Indiana Fall Tour
Truss: Double Burr Arch, 2 spans
Foundation: Hewn stone
Original Cost: $8,900
Repair/Restoration History: Third covered bridge at this site. Star Mills and Harrison Bridges preceded. After the flood of 1913, the abutments were damaged and required $7,000 for repair. New south approach of poured concrete was constructed in 1931. Bypassed in 1964. Abutments were repaired to protect new bridge for $223,367 +$5,000.
Bridge History: The West Union Bridge was constructed following damages to the Harrison Bridge in 1876. The Harrison Bridge may have still been standing while the West Union Bridge was constructed. The Parke County Commissioners expressed their faith in Joseph J. Daniels in contracting with him to build a third bridge at this site. The West Union Bridge was completed in September, 1876.
The West Union Bridge is the longest remaining Parke County Covered Bridge. (The Clinton Bridge, was 730 feet long.)
More water passes under this bridge near the mouth of Sugar Creek than any of the other remaining covered bridges. Earlier, narrower abutments were damaged in 1866 and 1875. The West Union Bridge is longer than the two preceding bridges but the newer abutments were also damaged and repaired in 1913 and 1931.
The West Union Bridge and its predecessors were used for stage coach traffic to Lafayette, as was the Armiesburg Bridge. They were on the route of the Indiana State Highway, which was established by the Legislature in 1827 and was to extend from Fort Wayne to Terre Haute.
The Wabash and Erie Canal was east of this bridge. There were two or more connections with Sugar Creek to allow access to upstream shipping sources which include Rockport. There are other references to a canal aqueduct which may have been used for pedestrian traffic during high water after the canal was abandoned. The B&O Railroad crossed the Lafayette Road just south of the West Union Bridge and crossed Sugar Creek east of the bridge.
The West Union Bridge has a noticeable arch consistent with the Burr Arches. Other covered bridges were built with this arch, which settled straight when weight was applied. The south portal has a Daniels Arch, while the north portal is now squared off. The roof is brown painted metal.
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HORACE: The Bridge Builder King Part VI
HORACE: The Bridge Builder King
Part VI
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HORACE:The Bridge Builder King is an hour long documentary about a freed slave in the 1800s named Horace King. His Master, John Godwin always treated Horace as a partner or as an equal in all of their business dealings. He was well known around the south for constructing town lattice truss covered bridges. He was in the bridging building business from around 1820 until around 1885. Born in Cheraw District of South Carolina a slave. The Alabama Legislature freed Horace King on Feb 3, 1846 by an Act of the Legislature in order to keep his talents in Alabama. Horace built gun boats for the Confederate Navy during the Civil War and is likely, the only slave ever to have erected a moment on a master's grave. Horace did just that in 1859 and the monument is still located at the Godwin Cemetary in Phenix City, Alabama.
Historical Consultants: Thomas French, Jr. RLS - Dr. John Lupold, Ph.D., Columbus State University - William H. Green, Ph.D., Lexington, Kentucky -
Richard Bailey, Ph.D., Montgomery, Alabama
Karl-Heinz Reilmann, Richmond, Virgina
Kaye Minchew, Archivist-LaGrange, Georgia
Trivia: Somewhere around 1995-1996, while the production was full under way, Tom Lenard and Thomas French, Jr (noted Horace King Historian) had the good fortune to be able to speak with noted Ken Burns Civil War historian Shelby Foote when he visited Auburn University to present a Franklin Lecture and to talk to a history class. Tom Lenard arranged a meeting with Shelby Foote in the hopes of having Shelby Speak or address how well the covered bridges were built and thus made it difficult for the Union Troops to prosecute the War. When Tom Lenard asked Shelby Foote about the bridges that Horace King built in the South Shelby replied, Well, frankly, I didn't know there were any covered bridges in the south during the Civil War!...Both Tom Lenard and Thomas French, Jr were speechless at that point. Mr Foote said he was sorry and thus, not able to add any tidbits that could be used in the documentary on Horace King. Amazing that someone who supposedly knew which General had a headache before a certian battle or which one had broken a shoelace would not be aware of covered bridges in the south during the Civil War is really, very surprising.
Filmmaker Tom C. Lenard
(Producer, Director/DP-Editor)
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Driving Over Cox Ford Covered Bridge By Turkey Run State Park In Indiana
Cox Ford Covered Bridge in Indiana is 176' in length and replaced an iron bridge destroyed by a flood in 1912. The bridge is just west of Turkey Run State Park. Crosses Sugar Creek.
Smolen-Gulf Bridge - longest covered bridge in the USA is completed and open to traffic
At 613', the Smolen_Gulf Bridge, located on State Road in Ashtabula, Ohio, was opened to traffic in October 2008, just in time for the 25th annual Ashtabula County Covered Bridge Festival. This wooden covered bridge is the longest covered bridge in the USA. It is covered bridge #17 for Ashtabula County. All but one of the 17 bridges are open to traffic. This video is one of a series of videos that were posted on coveredbridgefestival.org to keep the public informed of how construction of the bridge was progressing.
Ashtabula County Covered Bridge 17 construction May 7, 2008
Construction progress of the soon-to-be longest covered bridge in the United States. This bridge is being built in Ashtabula County Ohio. For more info on our covered bridges, go to coveredbridgefestival.org.
Indiana will save hundreds of millions on Ohio River bridge, could use money for other road work
Gov. Mitch Daniels said the state will save hundreds of millions of dollars on a new bridge over the Ohio River, and the money could help with efforts to finish the Interstate 69 extension.
Indianapolis stage collapse compiled raw footage w/ State Fire radio audio
Compiled video from the Indianapolis State Fair grandstand stage collapse Aug 13, 2011, paired with the audio from Indianapolis State Fire emergency radio.
Sugarland was about to perform when high winds took the stage down. Sara Bareilles had opened the concert earlier. 7 died and 50 were transported to hospitals.
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Local Doctor Aids Victims After Indiana Stage Collapse - Dr. Dean Silas of Advocate Lutheran General Hospital was attending the concert with family members.
By Pam DeFiglio
When Dean Silas, M.D., was waiting for the start of the Sugarland concert at the Indiana State Fair Saturday, he had no idea he'd soon be volunteering his medical skills to help in a catastrophe.
The stage collapsed after a sudden freakish storm, and five people were killed and dozens injured.
Silas, of Deerfield, spoke to reporters Monday afternoon at a press conference at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, where he specializes in gastroenterology. He detailed how the storm looked as it came up, how he made his way to the injured and how he tried to help in the middle of the chaotic scene, according to nbcchicago.com.
It kept getting darker and darker... Everyone was anticipating a storm, he said, describing the scene as he sat with his wife and daughter, who lives in Indianapolis.
It had been hot, with almost no air movement, before the storm, and people were expecting it to rain, he said. About four minutes before the storm hit, someone from the state fair announced they were hopeful the concert would continue, but did not order an evacuation, he said.
There was darkness coming up from the infield, he said, explaining he thought it was rain but it turned out to be dust.
From the time it was seen to the time the stage collapsed was about 10 to 15 seconds...this gust came out of absolutely nowhere.
Wanting to help treat the injured, Silas made his way to the area near the stage, which took four to five minutes.
The scene was chaotic, with spectators trying to lift fallen equipment and extricate people. Silas observed a mass of metal, and said that by the time he got there, some concert-goers were trying to administer first aid to the injured. A couple of people had already been determined to be fatally injured, he said.
There were also a couple of people with leg injuries, a young woman with muscular contusions on her back, another woman with injuries that I couldn't ascertain, he said. Another woman we were doing CPR on.
I helped triage a couple people, he said. Spectators were using folding tables and wooden boards as makeshift pallets.
When Emergency Medical Services personnel arrived, he said,the number of injured made it hard for them to reach all of those who needed help right away.
It was pure chaos and pandemonium, he recalled.
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Amtrak CapeCodder Leaving Buzzards Bay in September 1995
Amtrak CapeCodder leaving Buzzards Bay in September 1995.
Short clip Smallmouth fishing, Sugar Creek. Darlington, Indiana
Adrenalin Forest - Wellington - Course 3 | High Ropes & Obstacle Course | Flying Foxes | New Zealand
Adrenalin Forest Wellington - September 2016
I went with my buddies Steven and Chris to Adrenalin Forest Wellington out in Porirua. It was excellent fun! This is Course 3, the third of the seven courses.
Adrenalin Forest is a multi-level aerial obstacle course high up in the trees. It is full of lots of different challenges including bridges, nets, swings, rolling logs, snow boards and awesome flying foxes.
Adrenalin Forest is in Wellington, Christchurch and Tauranga -
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Glenbervie Forest, near Whangarei
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SCOTLAND
Stirlingshire - Aberfoyle
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NORTH
North Yorkshire - Dalby Forest
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London - Battersea Park
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