| Cataract Falls Covered Bridge | |||||||||
| Coordinates: | 39.4333°N -86.8131°W | ||||||||
| Locale: | Owen County, Indiana, United States | ||||||||
| Crosses: | Mill Creek (formerly known as Eel River) | ||||||||
| Id Type: | NBI Number | ||||||||
| Id: | INNBI 6000029 | ||||||||
| Design: | U.S. National Register of Historic Places | ||||||||
| Length: | 140.1feet(total length) | ||||||||
| Width: | 13.5m (44.3feet) | ||||||||
| Height: | 12.5feet | ||||||||
| Builder: | Smith Bridge Co. | ||||||||
| Built: | 1876 | ||||||||
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The Cataract Falls Covered Bridge is a covered bridge that spans Mill Creek in Lieber State Recreation Area, Owen County, Indiana. Built in 1876 by the Smith Bridge company of Toledo, Ohio,[1] it was at one time one of the most famous and photographed covered bridges in the United States.[2] It is the only remaining one in Owen County.[3] [4]
Since the road bypassed the bridge in 1988, it is only open to pedestrians. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.