county/comté/grafschaft
一廊桥
2 covered bridges/ponts couverts/bedeckte holzbrücken
14-08 CARROLL
Cuttler/Adams Mill
The Adams Mill Bridge
14-08-01
North east of Cutler on CR75E in Democrat Twp.
Over Wildcat Creek, the Adams Mill Covered Bridge.
About 15 miles north-east of I-65 exit 172 at West-Lafayette on IN26 through Monitor, past Rossville to IN75 north to Cutler off IN75 to Meridian Road, right at CR500 0.8 mile and left on CR75 to the bridge.
3 spans 138' or 42m
Built in 1872 by the Wheelock Bridge Company,
Robert W. Smith, freshly restored.
A very rare Howe truss with Arches.
Rossville
The Lancaster or Beard
Covered Bridge
14-08-02
North-north-west of Rossville off CR500 in Clay Twp.
Over Wildcat Creek, the Lancaster or
Beard Covered Bridge
NNW of Rossville, section 2, Clay Township. US421 N. 3.5 miles from jct with IN26 in Rossville, E. on CR600S 0.5 miles, N. on CR500W 0.4 miles to the bridge.
1 span 133' or 40.5m
Built in 1872 by the Wheelock Bridge Company, Robert W. Smith, restored in 2006.
Howe truss, photos Galen Frysinger.
To the right, the interior, and the Wheelock Cast Iron "Legs" patented by Alpheus Wheelock in 1870 to help stabilize the structure.