HILLSDALE COVERED BRIDGE

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The Hillsdale Covered Bridge, also known and Possum Bottom or Jackson's Ford Covered Bridge, originally crossed the Little Raccoon Creek Vermillion County. This single span Burr Arch Truss structure has a length of 104 feet, or 124 feet including the 10-foot overhang at each end, with a portal clearance 13 feet 6 inches wide by 12 feet high. Built in 1876 by Joseph J. Daniels, The Hillsdale Covered Bridge was move to its present location in 1973, becoming the centerpiece of the Ernie Pyle Rest Park on State Road 36 in Section 35, Township 16 North, and Range 10 West, east of Dana, Vermillion County. Though no historical marker is present, this structure was listed in 1994 on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994 .

The Hillsdale Covered Bridge is listed in the 1989 "World Guide to Covered Bridges," published by The National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges, Inc., as 14-83-03. The structure was previously identified as "cm" by the Covered Timber Bridge Commission of 1938, and was originally located in Section 33, Township 16 North, and Range 9 West, about 1 mile west of Hillsdale.

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