Ceylon Covered Bridge Explained

Ceylon Covered Bridge
Location:	County Road 900S over the Wabash River in Limberlost County Park, northeast of Ceylon, Wabash Township, Adams County, Indiana
Coordinates:	40.6142°N -84.9431°W
Builder:	Smith Bridge Company; Huffman, Martin J.
Architecture:	Howe truss bridge
Added:	January 25, 2007
Area:	less than one acre
Refnum:	06001289

Ceylon Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge over the Wabash River and located at Wabash Township, Adams County, Indiana. It was built in 1879 by the Smith Bridge Company of Toledo, Ohio, and is a 130adj=midNaNadj=mid truss bridge. It the only remaining covered bridge over the Wabash.^[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

See also

• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Indiana

Notes and References

1. Web site: Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) . Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology . Searchable database . 2015-07-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Ceylon Covered Bridge . 2015-07-01 . Cooper . James . O'Beirne . Julie . PDF . February 2006. and accompanying photographs