MATTHEWS COVERED BRIDGE
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| The Matthews Covered Bridge, also known as the Cumberland
Covered Bridge, crosses the Mississinewa River in Section 3, Township 22
North, and Range 9 East, on County Road South 990 East, near Front Street
on the east edge of Matthews, Grant County. This single span Howe Truss structure
has a length of 175 feet, or 183 feet including the 4-foot overhang at each
end, with a portal clearance 15 feet 6 inches wide by 16 feet high. The first
bridge in Matthews was an open structure built in 1863 by William F. Parks.
In 1878 the Smith Bridge Company built an uncovered Howe Truss structure
at about the same location and a local contractor finished the roof and siding
in 1879. The Matthews Covered Bridge was washed down the river about a mile
in the 1913 flood; the structure was put on rollers and taken back to its
original location and placed on the present abutments. The Matthews Covered
Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places, though no
historical marker is present, in 1978. After many years of use, this structure
was restored in 1999. The Matthews Covered Bridge was listed as #14-27-01
in the 1989 World Guide.
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