Inventory Number: | IN/14-83-04 | County: | Vermillion County | Township: | Vermillion | Town/Village: | Newport | Bridge Name: | Newport | Crosses: | Little Vermillion River | Truss type: | Burr | Spans: | 1 | Length: | 180' floor, 206' roofline | Roadway Width: | | Built: | 1885 | Builder: | Joseph J. Daniels | When Lost: | standing | Cause: | | Latitude: | N39 53.487 | Longitude: | W087 26.006 | | See a map of the area Topographic map of the area | Directions: | 0.8 miles south of jct IN63 on IN71, then 0.6 miles left on CR150E (at cemetery), then 0.5 miles left on CR50N (Hopkins St.). |
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Newport Bridge, Vermillion, Vermillion County, IN Built 1885 Bill Caswell Photo, July 2007 Newport Bridge, Vermillion, IN Built 1885 © Lisa Plamondon
Newport Bridge, Vermillion, Vermillion County, IN Built 1885 Richard Donovan / Trish Kane Collection
Newport Bridge, Vermillion, IN Built 1885 Dale J. Travis Photo
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Sources: Ketcham, Bryan E.. Covered Bridges on the Byways of Indiana, 1949, page 98 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/vermillion2.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 29 |