Greencastle Road Covered Bridge

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Greencastle Road Covered Bridge
Coordinates 39°38′35.54″N87°16′25.72″W / 39.6432056°N 87.2738111°W / 39.6432056; -87.2738111 Coordinates: 39°38′35.54″N87°16′25.72″W / 39.6432056°N 87.2738111°W / 39.6432056; -87.2738111
CarriesGreencastle Road
CrossesLittle Racoon Creek
Locale Parke, Indiana, United States
Official nameGreencastle Road Covered Bridge
Named for Greencastle Road
History
Constructed byHenry Wolf (unconfirmed)
BuiltBefore 1863
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Greencastle Road Covered Bridge
Location of the Greencastle Road Bridge in Indiana

The Greencastle Road Covered Bridge is a "lost" bridge in the truest of senses, not only is it gone, but the exact records of where, if at all, it existed have been lost to history. Henry Wolf probably built it sometime before 1863 on a section of Greencastle Road that no longer exists. [1]

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History

Construction

There are Parke County records showing that in 1863 J.J. Daniels was paid $40 to repair the Greencastle Road Covered Bridge and that later that year he was also contracted to dismantle the bridge. After dismantling the bridge the pieces were piled nearby with the intention of rebuilding the bridge at another location. In 1865 the County Commissioners considered a location 300 yards upstream, "in line with a certain dead oak tree," to be a fitting location to move the bridge to. However, Dan Chamberlain's research would indicate that the bridge was never moved and relocated to this spot and that it probably went on to rot where it had been piled by Daniels. Another theory though, by Juliet Snowden, is that the actual bridge referred to is the bridge on the Rockville-Greencastle Road, now call the New Discovery Road, and that Daniels used the parts from the bridge to build the Crooks Covered Bridge in 1867.

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References

  1. ↑ "Greencastle Road Covered Bridge". coveredbridges.com. Parke County Convention & Visitors Commission. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
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