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Clifty (relocated), Bartholomew County

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Inventory Number: IN/14-03-01x
County: Bartholomew County
Township: Columbus
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Clifty (relocated)
Crosses: Pond in Mill Race Park
Truss type: Howe
Spans: 1
Length: 125'
Roadway Width:
Built: (M1966)
Builder:
When Lost: 30 Nov 1985
Cause: Arson
Latitude: N39 12.38
Longitude: W085 55.75
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 5-8N-6E, Mill Race Park.

Clifty Bridge, Columbus, Bartholomew County, IN Arson 30 Nov 1985
Todd Clark Collection

Clifty Bridge, Columbus, Bartholomew County, IN Arson 30 Nov 1985
Richard Donovan / Trish Kane Collection

Clifty Bridge (original location), Columbus, Bartholomew County, IN Moved 1966
Traugott Keller Photograph, May 8, 1954, NSPCB Archives

Comments:
12-panel truss. The Clifty Covered Bridge originally crossed Clifty Creek just southeast of Columbus. In 1966 it was moved to Mill Race Park in Columbus where it was shortened from 145 feet to 132 feet. In 1985 the bridge was damaged beyond repair and the City of Columbus replaced it with the New Brownsville Covered Bridge, which was originally located in Union County.

Sources:
Ketcham, Bryan E.. Covered Bridges on the Byways of Indiana, 1949, page 49
Trish Kane.
County History Preservation Society (no longer accessible). Covered Bridges of Indiana, 2002, http://www.countyhistory.com/coveredbridge/bartholomew2.htm

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