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Overview

Photo taken August 2006 by Tom Hall
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Friend Inside Bridge

Photo taken by James McCray

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Underneath Medora Bridge

Photo taken by James McCray

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Medora Bridge North Face

Photo taken by James McCray

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A Good Day of Bridgehunting

Photo taken by James McCray

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Map 

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Facts 

Overview
Three-span covered bridge over East Fork White River just off IN 235, east of Medora
Location
Jackson County, Indiana
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1875 by J.J. Daniels; closed to traffic in 1972
Builder
- J.J. Daniels
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Total length: 434.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.81905, -86.14765   (decimal degrees)
38°49'09" N, 86°08'52" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
WGCB 14-36-04 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 16345 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (1,725)
Built 1875 (33)
Built during 1870s (257)
Burr arch-truss (119)
Covered (504)
East Fork White River (Indiana) (9)
HAER documented (284)
Indiana (1,568)
J.J. Daniels (9)
Jackson County, Indiana (28)
Open to pedestrians (378)
Owned by state (6,526)
Through truss (5,210)
Total length 250-500 feet (2,091)
Truss (15,744)

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Medora Covered Bridge
Posted June 25, 2008, by Anthony Dillon (dillon [dot] fam [at] att [dot] net)

Your talking about the Bell's Ford Covered Bridge west of Seymour. The other half of the bridge collapsed a couple of years ago. Now all of the iron castings and any usable wood parts are in storage. Hopefully someday it will go back up where it belongs.

Medora Covered Bridge
Posted June 25, 2008, by J.R. Manning (thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

News photos are copyrighted and cannot be posted here without the permission of the news source - which is why news stories are linked and not reproduced.

It is possible to obtain permission to republish news photos, however, each photo requires the payment of a republication fee that is prohibitive to an all-volunteer, non-commercial site, like Bridge Hunters.

Medora Covered Bridge
Posted June 25, 2008, by jerry (puttputt1982 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Are there any pictures of the bridge during the recent flooding? If so please post. Also, the bridge just north of the Medora bridge (Shieldstown ? ). It was partially washed away, but what happened to the other half? the location of this bridge is Seymore. Thanks

Medora Covered Bridge
Posted August 21, 2007, by james mccray (jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Visited this bridge on 18 Aug, 2007 and it has a new roof. The pictures show the bridge with the new roof. Also my friends Bob, Mark, and John were with me. It was the first time John has ever seen a covered bridge.

Webmaster's note: The photos that were here have been incorporated into the main site.