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Turkey Run Covered Bridge
Coordinates 39°53′0.74″N 87°1′34.54″W / 39.8835389°N 87.0262611°W / 39.8835389; -87.0262611
Carries State Road 49
Crosses Turkey Run (Indiana)
Locale Parke, Indiana, United States
Official name Turkey Run Covered Bridge
Other name(s) Turkey Run Hollow Covered Bridge
Named for Turkey Run
Characteristics
Total length 50 ft (15 m)
History
Constructed by J. J. Daniels
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The Turkey Run Covered Bridge was north of Marshall, Indiana. The single-span Modified Queen Truss covered bridge structure was built by Joseph J. Daniels in 1865, 1866 or 1884, according to several conflicting sources, and dismantled in 1914 by order of the Parke County Commissioners, the abutments remain. It was one of two Queen Truss type covered bridges, the other being the JH Russell Covered Bridge

History

George E. Gould, author of Indiana Covered Bridges Thru the Years, states the Turkey Run Covered Bridge had been built by J. J. Daniels in 1866. However, another source seems to contend that the bridge was built in 1884. A photograph of the bridge clearly shows a Britton Portal with its flat top and corners at 130 degree angles. This could be evedince of a second bridge being built here by J. A. Britton in 1884, or that Britton had made extensive repairs to the bridge at some point.

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