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Longwood (original location), Fayette County

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Inventory Number: IN/14-21-01
County: Fayette County
Township: Glenwood
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Longwood (original location)
Crosses: Williams Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 92'+16
Roadway Width:
Built: 1884
Builder: Kennedy Bros.
When Lost: 1984
Cause: Moved
Latitude: N39 40.14
Longitude: W085 07.72
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 19-14N-12E, org. off 44 - 3 miles NE of Glenwood.
Comments: 11-panel truss.

Longwood Bridge (original location), Glenwood, Fayette County, IN Built 1884 Moved to park 1984
Todd Clark Collection


Longwood Bridge (relocated location), Connersville, IN Built 1884 (1984)
© Lisa Plamondon


Longwood Bridge (relocated location), Connersville, IN Built 1884
Dale J. Travis Photo


Longwood Bridge (original location), Glenwood, Fayette County, IN Built 1884 Moved 1984
Traugott Keller Photograph, June 4, 1953, NSPCB Archives

Sources:
Ketcham, Bryan E.. Covered Bridges on the Byways of Indiana, 1949, page 197
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/fayette1.htm
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 15

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