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Beeson (original location), Parke County

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Inventory Number: IN/14-61-24
Parke County Number: PC-38
County: Parke County
Township:
Town/Village: Marshall
Bridge Name: Beeson (original location)
Crosses: Roaring Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 55' floor, 77' roofline
Roadway Width:
Built: 1906
Builder: Frankfort Construction Co.
When Lost: 1980
Cause: Moved
Latitude: N39 45.77
Longitude: W087 12.38
See a map of the area
Topographic map of the area
Directions: 4/5-16N-7W, orginally 1 mile north of Marshall - now Billie Creek Village.

Beeson Bridge (relocated location), Adams, IN Built 1906 (1980)
© Lisa Plamondon

Beeson Bridge (original location), Parke County, IN Built 1906 Moved 1980
Richard Donovan / Trish Kane Collection

Beeson Bridge (original location), Parke County, IN Built 1906 Moved 1980
Traugott Keller Photograph, September 2, 1966, NSPCB Archives

Beeson Bridge, Adams, Parke County, IN Built 1906 (M1980)
Bill & Jenn Caswell Photo, March 14, 2020

Comments:
6-panel truss. The bridge was originally constructed adjacent to land owned by the Beeson family. It was closed to traffic in 1969 when the abutments were declared unsafe. It survived two arson attempts on August 9, 1979 and August 15, 1979. On December 4, 1979, Butcha Trucking started removing the roof and siding to move the bridge. It was relocated to Billie Creek Village where it replaced the footbridge at the entrance. The Beeson family’s log cabin, built in 1835 had been moved to the Village in 1969.

Sources:
Ketcham, Bryan E.. Covered Bridges on the Byways of Indiana, 1949, page 106
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/parke/beeson.htm
Donovan, Richard. World Guide Notebooks
Rau, Harold. A Guide to the Covered Bridges of Parke County, Indiana, 2016, pages 10-11
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 24

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