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Ceylon Covered Bridge

Covered bridge · Adams County, Indiana

Western portal and southern side of the Ceylon Covered Bridge, which formerly spanned the Wabash River northeast of Ceylon in Wabash Township, Adams County, Ind
Western portal and southern side of the Ceylon Covered Bridge, which formerly spanned the Wabash River northeast of Ceylon in Wabash Township, Adams County, Ind · Nyttend / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Ceylon Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Adams County, Indiana, described in its record as place in Indiana listed on National Register of Historic Places. Indiana has 103 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.

It crosses Wabash River.

Status check, 2026-11: The only covered bridge left over the Wabash, closed to vehicles in 1974 and open to pedestrians. Build dates disagree (c.1860, 1862, or 1879), and so do lengths (126 ft floor/140 ft roofline, 130 ft, 135 ft). Ceylon Covered Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 40.6142° N, 84.9431° W.

Key facts

CrossesWabash River
Heritage designationNational Register of Historic Places listed place
National RegisterListed
Coordinates40.61417, -84.94306

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