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Busching, Ripley County

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Inventory Number: IN/14-69-04
County: Ripley County
Township: Johnson
Town/Village: Versailles
Bridge Name: Busching
Crosses: Laughery Creek
Truss type: Howe
Spans: 1
Length: 176' floor, 184' roofline
Roadway Width:
Built: 1885
Builder: Thomas A. Hardman
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N39 04.069
Longitude: W085 14.275
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Directions: 2.3 miles east-southeast of jct US421 on US50, then 0.5 miles left on an unnamed road and just left. East of Versailles.

Busching Bridge, Versailles, Ripley County, IN Built 1885
Todd Clark Collection

Busching Bridge, Versailles, Ripley County, IN Built 1885
© Lisa Plamondon

Busching Bridge, Versailles, Ripley County, IN Built 1885
Richard Donovan / Trish Kane Collection

Busching Bridge, Versailles, Ripley County, IN Built 1885
Dale J. Travis Photo

Busching Bridge, Versailles, Ripley County, IN Built 1885
Bob Sheldon Photo, June 23, 2011

Comments:
[7-7N-12E]. Restored 2005. This bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 13, 2019.

Sources:
Ketcham, Bryan E.. Covered Bridges on the Byways of Indiana, 1949, page 15
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/ripley2.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 28