CLIFTY COVERED BRIDGE

photo by M. L. Davies

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The Clifty Covered Bridge is no longer standing … it originally crossed Clifty Creek on or near County Road 100E (also known as S. Gladstone Avenue) Bartholomew County. This single span Howe Truss structure originally had a length of 145 feet, with a portal clearance 16 feet 6 inches wide by 14 feet high. In 1966 the old covered bridge was moved to Mill Race Park in Columbus, where it was shortened to 132 feet. Damaged beyond repair in December of 1985, the citizens of Columbus replaced their beloved covered bridge with the "New" Brownsville Covered Bridge, which originally stood in Union County.

Clifty Covered Bridge was listed in the 1972 "World Guide to Covered Bridges," published by The National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges, Inc., as 14-03-01 ... In the February 1938 "Indiana History Bulletin" Robert B. Yule and Richard C. Smith assigned the designation "fu" to this Covered Timber Bridge located (original) between Section 5, Township 8 North, Range 6 East, 2 miles southeast of Columbus.

• Covered Bridge Project Resources

• Regarding Covered Bridge Designations