county/comté/grafschaft
一廊桥

3 covered bridges/ponts couverts/bedeckte holzbrücken

14-29 HAMILTON

Noblesville

The Potter’s Bridge

14-29-01

North of Noblesville off Cumberland Road in Noblesville Twp.

Over the West Fork of the White River.

The Potter's Bridge, closed to motor traffic.

0.1 west of IN37 on IN 32/38 in Noblesville then right 1.8 miles on 96th Street, Cumberland Road and left 0.2 mile on Alisonville Road to the bridge on the north side of the road

2 span 252' or 76.8m

Built by the Josiah Durfee Construction Company in 1871, fully restored in 1999.

Howe truss, photo by Galen Frysinger.

Conner Prairie Museum The Old Cedar Chappel Bridge

14-29-02 former 14-17-03

South-west of Noblesville at Conner Prairie Museum

Over a pond, The Old Cedar Chapel Bridge,
close to motor traffic.

About 4 miles south of IN32/38 at Noblesville on Alisonville Road to Conner Prairie Museum on the west side of the road.

1 span 110' or 33.5m

Built in 1884 by George Woerntz and Son, moved from Cedar Creek in DeKalb county in 1972, rehabilitated in 2006 by J. A. Barker Engineering Inc.

Howe truss

Fishers

The New Bell Ford Bridge

14-36-03 now 14-29-03

East of Fishers off Florida road at Geist Park.

Over Fall Creek arm of Geist Reservoir.

The NEW Bell Ford covered bridge.

I69 north-east of Fisher, south on Southeastern Pkwy and right on Florida Road to Geist Park and to the new bridge on the west side of the road.

Built by Robert Patterson in 1875 on the East-Fork of the White river near Seymour in Jackson county, COLLAPSED in 1999 and 2006 partially collapsed by high winds on 02-28-99, the second span collapsed on January 6th 2006. It was rebuilt at over Falls Creek, Geist Park North-East of Indianapolis in 2024 by Greenfield Construction, with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), Hamilton County Highway Department, Hamilton County Parks and Recreation Department, and city of Fishers.

It was the only remaining Post truss covered bridge in the world!

2 spans, about 300’ or 91.5m

Photos Maria Lee, Covered Bridge Facebook page.