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Snow Hill or Johnson's Fork, Franklin County

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Inventory Number: IN/14-24-09
County: Franklin County
Township: Whitewater
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Snow Hill or Johnson's Fork
Crosses: Johnson's Fork
Truss type: Howe
Spans: 1+
Length: 72' floor, 82' roofline
Roadway Width:
Built: 1894
Builder: Butts, William & John Horn
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N39 19.533
Longitude: W084 51.113
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 1,3 miles east of jct I-74 Exit 169 on Old US52 (Harrison Brookville Rd.), then left 3.6 miles on Johnson Fork Rd., and just left 30' on Snow Hill Rd. North of Rockdale.
Comments: 26-8N-1W. 8-panel truss.

Snow Hill or Johnson's Fork Bridge, Whitewater, IN Built 1894
Dale J. Travis Photo


Snow Hill or Johnson's Fork Bridge, Whitewater, IN Built 1894
Jim & Gloria Smedley Photo


Snow Hill or Johnson's Fork Bridge, Whitewater, IN Built 1894
Traugott Keller Photograph, July 11, 1953, NSPCB Archives

Sources:
Ketcham, Bryan E.. Covered Bridges on the Byways of Indiana, 1949, page 157
Gould, George E.. Indiana's Covered Bridges Thru the Years, 1977
County History Preservation Society (no longer accessible). Covered Bridges of Indiana, 2002, http://www.countyhistory.com/coveredbridge/franklin2.htm
Travis, Dale. 'Indiana Covered Bridges List', updated to 11 Feb 2005, http://www.dalejtravis.com/cblist/cbin.htm (8 Mar 2005)
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 16

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