WayfarrowRamp Creek Covered Bridge
Covered bridge · Brown County, Indiana
Ramp Creek Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Brown County, Indiana. Indiana has 103 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 2 of them in Brown County.
It was built in 1838, in the first half of the 19th century, making it the oldest of the 87 in Indiana with a recorded construction date.
Status check, 2026-11: Indiana's oldest standing covered bridge and its only two-lane one, built in 1838 over Ramp Creek in Putnam County and moved in 1932 to the north entrance of Brown County State Park; the span is 96 ft, but reported overhangs (7 or 12 ft per end) give total lengths of about 110 to 120 ft. Ramp Creek Covered Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 39.1955° N, 86.2165° W.
Key facts
| Current structure built | 1838 |
|---|---|
| Heritage designation | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| National Register | Listed |
| Coordinates | 39.19546, -86.21651 |
Nearby places
- Bean Blossom Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Brown County · 5 mi
- Stratfordghost town · Marion County · 7.9 mi
- Younoghost town · Brown County · 10 mi
- Buffaloghost town · Brown County · 10.3 mi
- Kansasghost town · Bartholomew County · 13.6 mi
- Yountsville Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Bartholomew County · 14.8 mi
- Tanneyhill Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Bartholomew County · 14.8 mi
- Brownsville Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Bartholomew County · 15.4 mi
- New Brownsville Bridgecovered bridge · Bartholomew County · 15.4 mi
- Anitaghost town · Johnson County · 16 mi
- Bell Ford Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Jackson County · 21.8 mi
- Shields' Mill Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Jackson County · 22.5 mi
Questions
Where is Ramp Creek Covered Bridge?
Ramp Creek Covered Bridge is in Brown County, Indiana, at 39.1955, -86.2165.
How many covered bridges are in Brown County?
Brown County, Indiana has 2 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.
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