 The
Crown Point Covered Bridge was originally called Milroy, or Shelbourne Covered
Bridge and was located in Section 24, Township 12 North, and Range 9 East,
where it crossed the Little Flatrock River, two miles south of Milroy, Rush
County. Built by Archibald M. Kennedy & Sons in 1878, the bridge was
moved to Crown Point in 1933 when displaced by a new highway. Through the
preservation efforts of John Wheeler, the structure was dismantled and erected
on the fairgrounds in Section 17, Township 34 North, and Range 8 West, where
it crosses a gully. The Crown Point Covered Bridge is a single span Burr
Arch Truss structure 85 feet long, or 105 feet including the 10-foot overhang
at each end, with a portal clearance 16 feet wide by 14 feet high. The Crown
Point Covered Bridge was listed in the 1989 World Guide as #14-45-01..
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