Jackson Covered Bridge, Spanning Sugar Creek, CR 775N (Changed from Spann, Bloomingdale vicinity, Parke County, IN

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5 drawings
8 b&w photos
10 data pages
1 photo caption pages
1 color transparencies

TITLE:
Jackson Covered Bridge, Spanning Sugar Creek, CR 775N (Changed from Spann, Bloomingdale vicinity, Parke County, IN

CALL NUMBER:
HAER IND,61-BLOMD.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 5 (18 x 24 in.)
Photo(s): 8 (5 x 7)
Data Page(s): 9 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
Color Transparencies: 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER IN-48

Building/structure dates: 1861 initial construction

Significance: The Jackson Bridge was built in 1861 by J.J. Daniels. It spans Sugar Creek and is of double Burr construction. It has survived all major floods. This includes the flood of late March, 1913; although the accompanying hurricane force winds did strip the roof of its wood shingles. This bridge has the unusual feature of a corner stone which bears this inscription: "Builder J.J. Daniels 1861." The Jackson Bridge, which spans 207 feet, is the third longest single-span covered bridge in the United States, but is the longest single-span still in use.Jackson Bridge is the oldest surviving example of the work of J.J. Daniels, one of Indiana's most prolific covered bridge builders. It is an outstanding example of the truss system patented by Theodore Burr in 1806. With a span of 207', the Jackson Bridge is the nation's longest single span bridge that still carries vehicular traffic.

SUBJECTS:
INDIANA--Parke County--Bloomingdale vicinity
covered bridges
transportation

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.in0216

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
VIEW OF APPROACH ROAD AND PORTAL FROM SOUTH.
VIEW FROM SOUTHEAST.
ELEVATION OF SOUTHEAST PORTAL WITH SCALE.
ELEVATION OF SOUTHEAST PORTAL WITHOUT SCALE.
OBLIQUE VIEW FROM SOUTHEAST LOOKING NORTHEAST. NOTE CORNERSTONE IN ABUTMENT.
DETAIL OF CORNERSTONE, WHICH STATES "J.J. DANIELS, BUILDER 1861." NOTE ALSO IRON STRAP AT EAST CORNER OF ABUTMENT.
VIEW OF INTERIOR FROM SOUTHEAST.
VIEW OF SOUTHWEST SIDE FROM SOUTH AT EDGE OF SUGAR CREEK.
ELEVATION OF SOUTHEAST PORTAL.

CONTROL #:
IN0216

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