WayfarrowBrownsville Covered Bridge
Covered bridge · Bartholomew County, Indiana
Brownsville Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Bartholomew County, Indiana. Indiana has 103 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 4 of them in Bartholomew County.
It was built in 1840, in the first half of the 19th century, making it the 2nd oldest of the 87 in Indiana with a recorded construction date; it is about 85 feet long (35th longest of 44 measured in Indiana).
Status check, 2026-11: This Long-truss bridge was first built in 1840 over the East Fork Whitewater River in Brownsville, Union County, and taken down in 1974. It was put up again around 1985–86 in Mill Race Park in Columbus (Bartholomew County), which matches the record's coordinates, and shortened from 182 ft to 85 ft. Its NRHP listing was removed in 1974. It stands at 39.2063° N, 85.9300° W.
Key facts
| Current structure built | 1840 |
|---|---|
| Length | 85 ft |
| Coordinates | 39.20627, -85.92998 |
Nearby places
- New Brownsville Bridgecovered bridge · Bartholomew County · 0 mi
- Tanneyhill Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Bartholomew County · 6.6 mi
- Yountsville Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Bartholomew County · 6.6 mi
- Stratfordghost town · Marion County · 10.2 mi
- Kansasghost town · Bartholomew County · 10.3 mi
- Scipio Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Jennings County · 14.1 mi
- Ramp Creek Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Brown County · 15.4 mi
- Buffaloghost town · Brown County · 15.5 mi
- Bell Ford Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Jackson County · 16.1 mi
- Bean Blossom Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Brown County · 17.8 mi
- Shields' Mill Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Jackson County · 20.5 mi
- Anitaghost town · Johnson County · 20.6 mi
Questions
Where is Brownsville Covered Bridge?
Brownsville Covered Bridge is in Bartholomew County, Indiana, at 39.2063, -85.9300.
How many covered bridges are in Bartholomew County?
Bartholomew County, Indiana has 4 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.
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