Rolling Stone Covered Bridge

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Rolling Stone Covered Bridge is a burr-arch road bridge built in 1915 over Big Walnut Creek, Indiana.

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This Burr Arch bridge is 103 feet (31.4m) long. [1]

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References

  1. Indiana Gazetter and Atlas, Delorme Pub; Yarmouth, Maine

Coordinates: 39°46′29″N86°47′03″W / 39.7747°N 86.7842°W / 39.7747; -86.7842