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Possum Bottom Covered Bridge

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Area
  
less than one acre

Built by
  
Daniels, Joseph J.

NRHP Reference #
  
94000584

Added to NRHP
  
10 June 1994

Built
  
1876 (1876)

Architectural style
  
Burr Arch Truss

Opened
  
1876

Possum Bottom Covered Bridge

Location
  
Northern side of U.S. Route 36, 0.2 miles east of its junction with East Rd. and southeast of Dana, Helt Township, Vermillion County, Indiana

Possum Bottom Covered Bridge, also known as the Jackson's Ford Bridge and Hillsdale Bridge, is a historic Burr Arch Truss covered bridge located in Helt Township, Vermillion County, Indiana. It was built in 1876, and is a single span covered timber bridge. It measures 131 feet long and 14 feet wide. It was moved to its present location at the Ernie Pyle Rest Park in 1972.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

References

Possum Bottom Covered Bridge Wikipedia