EDNA COLLINS COVERED BRIDGE

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The Edna Collins Covered Bridge crosses Little Walnut Creek on County Road 450 North in Putnam County. This single span Burr Arch Truss structure has a length of 80 feet, or 96 feet including the 8-foot overhang at each end, is 15 feet wide and 13 feet 6 inches high. Built in 1922 by Charles Hendrix to replace a concrete bridge that washed out, the Edna Collins Covered Bridge was constructed of Mississippi pine and listed in the 1989 World Guide as #14-67-06 ... in the February 1941 "Indiana History Bulletin" Robert B. Yule and Richard C. Smith assigned the designation "fn" to this Covered Timber Bridge located in Section 20, Township 15 North, and Range 5 West, about 1 mile northwest of Clinton Falls.

The Edna Collins Covered Bridge is "generally" considered haunted ... it is said that sometime in the early 1920's a little girl would swim in the stream, which the bridge crosses. At the end of the day her parent would drive into the covered bridge, turn off the motor, and honk three times telling the little girl it was time to leave. One day the something had happened to the little girl causing her to drown. They say that if at night you drive into the bridge, turn off the motor, and honk three times the little girl will come and try to get in the car.

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