Jeffers Bridge

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Jeffers Bridge
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Jeffers Bridge, July 2011
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LocationCounty Road 200S over Birch Creek, north of Clay City, Perry Township and Sugar Ridge Township, Clay County, Indiana
Coordinates 39°21′31″N87°8′32″W / 39.35861°N 87.14222°W / 39.35861; -87.14222 Coordinates: 39°21′31″N87°8′32″W / 39.35861°N 87.14222°W / 39.35861; -87.14222
Arealess than one acre
Built1926 (1926)
Built byVincennes Bridge Company
Architectural stylePratt Through Truss
NRHP reference No. 00000213 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 15, 2000

Jeffers Bridge, also known as the Birch Creek Bridge and Clay County Bridge #127, is a historic Pratt through truss bridge located in Perry Township and Sugar Ridge Township, Clay County, Indiana. It was built by the Vincennes Bridge Company in 1926. It once carried County Road 200S over Birch Creek. It is currently closed to traffic from disrepair. The bridge measures 91 feet long and rests on concrete abutments and wingwalls. [2] :5

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-08-01.Note: This includes John Warner (June 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Jeffers Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-09-01. and Accompanying photographs.