GOSPORT COVERED BRIDGE

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The Gosport Covered Bridge is no longer standing … originally crossing the West Fork of the White River just east of Gosport, after North Street curves down along the river, this structure would have connected North Moon Road in Monroe County to Gosport in Owen County. Constructed as a triple span Smith Truss structure, it was probably more than 400 feet in length, 16 feet wide and 13 feet high. In about 1890 one of the spans was replaced by an open steel structure where it crossed the railroad as a safety measure, thus leaving only 2 wooden spans that had a length of 339 feet, or 349 feet including the 10-foot overhang at the south end. Built by the Smith Bridge Company in 1870, the bridge was lost sometime between 1947 and 1969.

• Covered Bridge Project Resources

• Regarding Covered Bridge Designations