| Inventory Number: | IN/14-01-02 | | County: | Adams County | | Township: | Wabash | | Town/Village: | Ceylon | | Bridge Name: | Ceylon | | Crosses: | Old Channel, Wabash River | | Truss type: | Howe | | Spans: | 1 | | Length: | 126' floor, 140' roofline | | Roadway Width: | | | Built: | 1860 or 1862 | | Builder: | Smith Bridge Company | | When Lost: | standing | | Cause: | | | Latitude: | N40 36.857 | | Longitude: | W084 56.575 | | See a map of the area
Topographic map of the area | | Directions: | 1.1 miles north of jct IN116 on US27 ( N. Main St.), then 0.1 miles right on First St., then 0.1 miles left on Second St., then 0.6 miles right on High St. (becomes Covered Bridge Rd.) to Limberlost Park and the bridge on the left. | | Comments: | [16-25N-14E]. Bypassed in 1974. |
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Ceylon Bridge, Wabash, Adams County, IN Built 1860 or 1862
Bill & Jenn Caswell Photo, September 25, 2020
Ceylon Bridge, Wabash, Adams County, IN Built 1860 or 1862
Dale J. Travis Photo
Ceylon Bridge, Wabash, Adams County, IN Built 1860 or 1862
Traugott Keller Photograph, April 27, 1963, NSPCB Archives
Ceylon Bridge, Wabash, Adams County, IN Built 1860 or 1862
Traugott Keller Photograph, April 27, 1963, NSPCB Archives
Ceylon Bridge, Wabash, Adams County, IN Built 1860 or 1862
Bill & Jenn Caswell Photo, September 25, 2020
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Sources:
Ketcham, Bryan E.. Covered Bridges on the Byways of Indiana, 1949, page 162
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/adams1.htm
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 13 |