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Moscow, Rush County

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Inventory Number: IN/14-70-07x
County: Rush County
Township: Orange
Town/Village: Moscow
Bridge Name: Moscow
Crosses: Flat Rock River
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 2
Length: 335'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1886
Builder: Emmet L. Kennedy
When Lost: 03 Jun 2008
Cause: Tornado
Latitude: N39 29.095
Longitude: W085 33.300
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Directions: 1.1 miles south of IN244 on CR640W to Moscow, then just left on CR650S. At Moscow.

Moscow Bridge, Orange, Rush County, IN Built 1886
Todd Clark Collection

Moscow Bridge, Orange, IN Built 1886
© Lisa Plamondon

Moscow Bridge, Orange, Rush County, IN Built 1886
Richard Donovan / Trish Kane Collection

Moscow Bridge, Orange, IN Built 1886
Dale J. Travis Photo

Comments:
[17/18-12N-9E]. Per The Indianapolis News, August 22, 1896, "Covered Bridge Blown Down. - Greensburg, Ind., August 22.---A severe rain storm, accompanied by heavy wind, passed over this section last night. Corn was laid flat and trees ridden of fruit. Flatrock river is on a rampage, doing much damage. A covered bridge over the river at Moscow was blown down." It is not known if the damage was to the Kennedy bridge at Moscow or not, nor the extent of damage. The bridge was destroyed by a tornado on June 3, 2008. A new bridge, built by Dan Collom, was completed in September 2010.

Sources:
Ketcham, Bryan E.. Covered Bridges on the Byways of Indiana, 1949, page 54
The Indianapolis News, August 22, 1896, p.7.
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/rush6.htm
Travis, Dale. 'Indiana Covered Bridges List', updated to 11 Feb 2005, http://www.dalejtravis.com/cblist/cbin.htm (8 Mar 2005)
Cohen, Joseph. World Guide to Covered Bridges updated to November 2002, 2002

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