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Cataract Falls Bridge, Spanning Mill Creek, bypassed section of CR 279 (Cataract Falls Unit of Leiber State Recreation Area), Cataract, Owen County, IN
Summary
Significance: Cataract Falls Bridge is the only surviving covered bridge in Owen County, Indiana. It is also one of only six Smith trusses in Indiana. This popular late nineteenth century bridge was patented by Robert W. Smith and built by his company or under license to him. Smith's innovations represented by the Cataract Falls Bridge, were among the last in wooden bridge design even as the country was making the shift to all-metal bridges.
Survey number: HAER IN-104
Building/structure dates: 1876 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 05000339
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Smith, Robert W
Smith Bridge Company
Baragan, William
Troth, William H
Burr, Theodore
Town, Ithiel
Howe, William
Long, Stephen H
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
Marston, Christopher, project manager
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
Federal Highway Administration, sponsor
Location
Cataract, 39.36034, -86.82203
Source
Library of Congress
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