Cataract Falls Covered Bridge - Cataract, IN
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member gparkes
N 39° 26.014 W 086° 48.837
16S E 516011 N 4364908
This marker is in the Cataract Falls State Recreation Area.
Waymark Code: WM70HE
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 08/14/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Muirwoody
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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.

County: Owens

Year Placed: 2008

Name: Cataract Falls Covered Bridge

ID#: 60.2008.1
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