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Scipio, Jennings County

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Inventory Number: IN/14-40-01
County: Jennings County
Township: Geneva
Town/Village: Scipio
Bridge Name: Scipio
Crosses: Sand Creek
Truss type: Howe
Spans: 1
Length: 148' floor, 156' roofline
Roadway Width:
Built: 1886
Builder: Smith Bridge Company
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N39 05.076
Longitude: W085 43.211
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 5.4 miles northwest of US50 northwest of North Vernon on IN7 and 0.2 miles right on CR575W. North edge of Scipio.

Scipio Bridge, Geneva, Jennings County, IN Built 1886
© Lisa Plamondon

Scipio Bridge, Geneva, Jennings County, IN Built 1886
Todd Clark Collection

Scipio Bridge, Geneva, Jennings County, IN Built 1886
Traugott Keller Photograph, February 7, 1954, NSPCB Archives

Scipio Bridge, Geneva, Jennings County, IN Built 1886
Bill & Jenn Caswell Photo, September 27, 2015

Comments:
2-7N-7E. 14-panel truss. The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 24, 2022.

Sources:
Ketcham, Bryan E.. Covered Bridges on the Byways of Indiana, 1949, page 18
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/jennings1.htm
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 19

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