Union Township Covered Bridge

Union Township Covered Bridge
Hollandsburg Covered Bridge #1
Bridge
Official name: Union Township Covered Bridge
Named for: Union Township, Parke County
Country United States
State Indiana
County Parke
Township Union
Road Plank Road
City Hollandsburg, Indiana
Crosses Big Raccoon Creek
Coordinates 39°45′13.7″N 87°3′15.9″W / 39.753806°N 87.054417°WCoordinates: 39°45′13.7″N 87°3′15.9″W / 39.753806°N 87.054417°W [1]
Builder Daniels, J.J.
Design Burr Arch truss single span bridge
Material Wood
Built 1851
Replaced 1872 Torn Down
Location of the Union Township Bridge in Indiana
Location of Indiana in the United States

The Union Townshop Covered Bridge was southeast of Hollandsburg, Indiana. The single-span Burr Arch covered bridge structure was built by J.J. Daniels in 1851 and torn down in 1872 during the rebuilding of the Plank Road into a toll-free road.[2]

History

Construction

This bridge was built when the Plank Road between Indianapolis and Montezuma was put in. The planks soon rotted however and the Parke County Commissioners purchased the road, graveled it, and made it a free road.


Destruction

As part of the renovation of the Plank Road the Parke County Commissioners had the bridge torn down and a new bridge, the Hollandsburg Covered Bridge, built to replace it.


See also

References

  1. "Union Township Map". Indiana Genealogy Web, Parke County. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  2. "Union Township Covered Bridge". Covered Bridges. Retrieved 6 March 2015.