Harbison Covered Bridge

Harbison Covered Bridge
Coordinates 39°46′29″N 87°02′21″W / 39.774728°N 87.039186°W / 39.774728; -87.039186Coordinates: 39°46′29″N 87°02′21″W / 39.774728°N 87.039186°W / 39.774728; -87.039186
Crosses Big Raccoon Creek
Locale Union Township, Indiana
Official name Harbison Covered Bridge
Named for The Harbison Family
WGCB Number 12-61-22
Characteristics
Design Burr Arch truss single-span bridge
Material Wood
Traversable? No
History
Constructed by J.A. Britton
Opening 1847 (1847)
Rebuilt 1916 (1916) (flood)
Closed 1943 (1943) (fire)
Replaces Hargrave Covered Bridge
Harbison Bridge
Location in Indiana

The Harbison Covered Bridge was west of Portland Mills, Indiana. The single-span Burr Arch covered bridge structure was built by J.A. Britton in 1916 and destroyed by a fire in 1943.[1]

History

The bridge was named after the Harbison family that owned land around the Portland Mills area. It replaced the earlier, 1847, Hargrave Covered Bridge that had been lost in the Great Flood of 1913. This bridge would be lost though on December 22, 1943, when a truck wrecked and ruptured an oil pipeline. The oil that leaked from the pipeline saturated the bridge and ignited. The bridge burned down very quickly and was unable to be saved.

The Harbison Bridge site is now flooded, by the creation of the Cecil B. Harden Lake, during most of the year.

See also

References

  1. "Harbison Covered Bridge". coveredbridges.com. Parke County Convention & Visitors Commission. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
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