WayfarrowNew Brownsville Bridge
Covered bridge · Bartholomew County, Indiana
New Brownsville Bridge is a covered bridge in Bartholomew County, Indiana, described in its record as bridge in Colmbus, Indiana. Indiana has 103 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 4 of them in Bartholomew County.
It was built in 1840, in the first half of the 19th century, making it the 2nd oldest of the 87 in Indiana with a recorded construction date.
Status check, 2026-11: This 1840 Long truss, Indiana's only surviving one, was moved from Brownsville in Union County and rebuilt in a shortened form in Mill Race Park in 1986. It replaced the Clifty Bridge, which burned in 1985. Sources disagree on its current length (85 or 93 ft); the original was 182 ft. It stands at 39.2063° N, 85.9292° W.
Nearby places
- Brownsville Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Bartholomew County · 0 mi
- Tanneyhill Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Bartholomew County · 6.6 mi
- Yountsville Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Bartholomew County · 6.6 mi
- Stratfordghost town · Marion County · 10.2 mi
- Kansasghost town · Bartholomew County · 10.3 mi
- Scipio Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Jennings County · 14 mi
- Ramp Creek Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Brown County · 15.4 mi
- Buffaloghost town · Brown County · 15.5 mi
- Bell Ford Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Jackson County · 16.1 mi
- Bean Blossom Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Brown County · 17.9 mi
- Shields' Mill Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Jackson County · 20.5 mi
- Anitaghost town · Johnson County · 20.7 mi
Questions
Where is New Brownsville Bridge?
New Brownsville Bridge is in Bartholomew County, Indiana, at 39.2063, -85.9292.
How many covered bridges are in Bartholomew County?
Bartholomew County, Indiana has 4 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.
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