WayfarrowDunbar Covered Bridge
Covered bridge · Putnam County, Indiana
Dunbar Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Putnam County, Indiana. Indiana has 103 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 7 of them in Putnam County.
It was built in 1880, in the late 19th century, making it the 36th oldest of the 87 in Indiana with a recorded construction date; it crosses Big Walnut Creek; it is about 174 feet long (10th longest of 44 measured in Indiana).
Status check, 2026-11: Two-span Burr arch bridge over Big Walnut Creek, rehabilitated in 2010. Sources disagree on the builder (J.J. Daniels or J.A. Britton). It stands at 39.6586° N, 86.8835° W.
Key facts
| Current structure built | 1880 |
|---|---|
| Crosses | Big Walnut Creek |
| Length | 174 ft |
| Coordinates | 39.65865, -86.88347 |
Nearby places
- Houck Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Putnam County · 6.1 mi
- Putnamville Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Putnam County · 6.3 mi
- Baker's Camp Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Putnam County · 8.5 mi
- Rolling Stone Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Putnam County · 9.6 mi
- Big Rocky Fork Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Parke County · 10.5 mi
- Pine Bluff Bridgecovered bridge · Putnam County · 11 mi
- Hollandsburg Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Parke County · 11.2 mi
- Hargrave Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Parke County · 11.5 mi
- Mansfield Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Parke County · 11.7 mi
- Conley's Ford Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Parke County · 13.3 mi
- Waltonghost town · Parke County · 14.2 mi
- Cornstalk Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Putnam County · 14.2 mi
Questions
Where is Dunbar Covered Bridge?
Dunbar Covered Bridge is in Putnam County, Indiana, at 39.6586, -86.8835.
How many covered bridges are in Putnam County?
Putnam County, Indiana has 7 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.
- Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
- Wayfarrow status check (web sources) — Checked for current status (facts)
- Wayfarrow status check (web sources) — Checked for current status (facts)
- Wayfarrow status check (web sources) — Checked for current status (facts)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.