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Coal Creek Covered Bridge
Coordinates 39°56′53.42″N 87°24′10.6″W / 39.9481722°N 87.402944°W / 39.9481722; -87.402944
Carries C.R. 1200N
Crosses Coal Creek, Parke County, Indiana
Locale Lodi, Indiana, Parke, Indiana,  United States
Other name(s) Lodi Covered Bridge
Named for Coal Creek
WGCB Number 14-61-30
Characteristics
Total length 194 ft (59 m)170ft +12ft overhangs on each end
Height 13 ft (4.0 m)
History
Constructed by J. J. Daniels
Construction end 1869
Closed June 28, 1992 Arson
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The Coal Creek Covered Bridge was on the east side of Lodi, Indiana. The Burr Arch single span style bridge crossed Coal Creek and was built by J. J. Daniels in 1869. It was destroyed by arson on June 28, 1992.

History

The Parke County Commissioners paid J. J. Daniels $2.25 in 1873 to inspect the bridge. In 1874 the embankment was repaired. He would later return in 1898 to do further repairs to the bridge after it had received some major damage. He said that it was harder to do the repairs the bridge than it had been to build it originally.

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