The Harshbarger Covered Bridge is no longer standing
it crossed Big Raccoon, just east of Raccoon in Montgomery County. This single
span Howe Truss structure had a length of 152 feet, or 170 feet including
the 9-foot overhang at each end, with a portal clearance 16 feet wide by
12 feet high. Built in 1900 by Joseph J. Daniels, this bridge was lost in
1967 and was #14-15-02 on the World Guide ... in the February 1941 "Indiana
History Bulletin" Robert B. Yule and Richard C. Smith assigned the designation
"pr-c" to this Covered Timber Bridge located between Sections 34 and 3, Townships
17 and 16 North, Range 4 West, about 2 miles east of Parkersburg.
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