DOOLEY STATION COVERED BRIDGE
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The Dooley Station Covered Bridge is no longer standing … it crossed Little Raccoon Creek northeast of Guion on County Road East 650 North near County Road North 720 East, in Parke County. This single span Burr Arch Truss structure had a length of 73 feet, or 95 feet including the 11-foot overhang at each end, was 16 feet wide and 13 feet 6 inches high. Built in 1917 by W. C. Carty, the bridge was lost in 1960; later the Portland Mills Covered Bridge was moved to this location. George Gould identified a World Guide number of 14-61-03 for the Dooley Station Covered Bridge in his book "Indiana Covered Bridges Thru the Years," published in 1977 by the Indiana Covered Bridge Society, Inc. In the February 1938 "Indiana History Bulletin" Robert B. Yule and Richard C. Smith assigned the designation "mb" to this Covered Timber Bridge located in Section 5, Township 16 North, and Range 6 West, about 4 miles northeast of Judson; as previouslly mentioned, this is now the location of the Portland Mills Covered Bridge. |
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