WALNUT STREET COVERED BRIDGE

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The Walnut Street Covered Bridge is no longer standing … it crossed the West Fork of the White River in Sections 9 and 10, Township 20 North, and Range 10 East, Delaware County. Little is known about the covered bridges in Delaware County, however, George Gould relates the boyhood recollections of Lloyd U. Zimmerman, who lived across from the bridge in the Orphans Home (where his mother was matron) and noted that the structure was only wide enough for one vehicle and, when a farmer with a larger than normal load of hay came to the opening, he had to turn around and go over to the Wheeling Pike Covered Bridge. Zimmerman also said that cattle would not go through the bridge but would "slip down the side of the bank and swim or wade over the river, however, horses and hogs would go through alright." The Walnut Street Covered Bridge was listed as #14-18-01 in the World Guide (according to G. Gould's 1977 list) and the date of its demise is unknown.

• Covered Bridge Project Resources

• Regarding Covered Bridge Designations