State Sanatorium Covered Bridge - Parke County, Indiana
by Susan Rissi Tregoning
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State Sanatorium Covered Bridge - Parke County, Indiana
Artist
Susan Rissi Tregoning
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Photograph - Photography
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The State Sanatorium Covered Bridge is a single-span kingpost truss burr arch structure that spans 154 feet across Little Raccoon Creek in Parke County, Indiana.
It was constructed by J.A. Britton in 1913 and listed on both the National Register of Historic Places and the Indiana Register of Historic Sites and Structures. This covered bridge was originally located one mile downstream on the Indiana State Tuberculosis Hospital, AKA Sanitorium grounds. It was relocated to this site in 2008 and rehabilitated.
Two other covered bridges have been in this location, the Adams Bridge, which was destroyed by a flood in 1969 when it washed downstream under the Sanitorium Bridge, and the Jessup Bridge moved here in 1970. The Jessup Bridge was blown off its abutments during high winds in 1989 and carried downstream by flood waters under the Sanitorium Bridge and over the US-36 Bridge.
The Sanitorium, which opened in 1910, used coal to heat its buildings and run the power plant and had this covered bridge built on its grounds to create a direct route for hauling coal from the mine in Nyesville, just a couple of miles away. Before the bridge’s construction, they needed to travel to Rockville to cross the creek at Plank Road Bridge, adding many miles to the trip.
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December 18th, 2022
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