Cataract Falls Covered Bridge - Cataract, Indiana
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gparkes
N 39° 26.006 W 086° 48.814
16S E 516044 N 4364893
This orphaned bridge is in a State Recreation Area and on the National Register of Historic Places.
Waymark Code: WM79F2
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 09/23/2009
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A near by historic marker states:
Cataract Falls Covered Bridge
An 1838 state law gave county commissioners power to build bridges for “public convenience” and to raise taxes to pay for them. Owen County Commissioners contrated 1875 for a “Smith’s High Double Wood Truss” over Eel River in Jennings Township to replace bridge destroyed by flood. This bridge finished 1876.
Served as a pedestrian bridge after vehicular traffic was diverted to new concrete bridge finished in 1988. Indiana Department of Natural Resources began extensive repairs to this bridge 2000. Listed in National Register of Historic Places 2005 and rededicated 2006. Only remaining covered bridge in Owen County.
Installed 2008 Indiana Historical Bureau, Indiana Department of Natural Resources and Owen County Historical & Genealogical Society.
The bridge is just off of Cateract Falls Road.