Snow Hill Covered Bridge

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Coordinates: 39 ° 19 ′ 32 "  N , 84 ° 51 ′ 7"  W.

Snow Hill Covered Bridge
Snow Hill Covered Bridge
Snow Hill Covered Bridge (March 2012)
use Road bridge
Convicted Snow Hill Road
Crossing of Johnson Fork
place in Franklin County, Indiana
completion 1894
location
Snow Hill Covered Bridge (Indiana)
Snow Hill Covered Bridge

The Snow Hill Covered Bridge (also Johnson Fork Covered Bridge called) is a historic, covered road bridge in Franklin County in the US state of Indiana , in the United States . The bridge is on Snow Hill Road and spans Johnson Fork . An average of 203 vehicles cross the bridge every day (as of 2006).

The wooden cladding completed in 1894 has a total span of 13.68 meters, the length is 25.6 meters, the inner width is 4.38 meters and the height is 4.08 meters. The foundation is made of limestone , the walls are made of wood and the roof is mainly made of asphalt . Another building material is concrete . The builders were William Butts and John Horn .

The Snow Hill Covered Bridge was renovated in 1987 and 2010 and was listed as a historic monument on March 3, 1995 by the National Register of Historic Places with the number 95000208.

Individual evidence

  1. Entry in the National Register Information System . National Park Service , accessed May 18, 2016