Marshall Covered Bridge

The Marshall Covered Bridge is a single span Burr arch truss covered bridge structure that was built by Joseph A. Britton & Son in 1917. The bridge is 74 ft (23 m) long, 15 ft (4.6 m) wide, and 14 ft (4.3 m) high.^[3][4]

Marshall Covered Bridge
Coordinates	39.88346°N 87.32629°W / 39.88346; -87.32629
Carries	C.R. 800N
Crosses	Rush Creek
Locale	Liberty, Indiana
Named for	Mahlon Marshall or David W. Marshall
Owner	Parke County Commissioners Parke County
NBI Number	6100155[1]
Characteristics
Design	Burr Arch truss single-span bridge
Material	Wood
Total length	74 feet (23 m)
Width	15 feet (4.6 m)
Height	13 feet (4.0 m)
Load limit	5 tonnes (11,000 lb)
History
Constructed by	Joseph A. Britton
Construction cost	<$680
Opened	1917 (1917)
Statistics
Daily traffic	50
Marshall Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
MPS	Parke County Covered Bridges TR
NRHP reference No.	78000400[2]
Added to NRHP	December 22, 1978 (1978-12-22)
Location

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.^[2]

Gallery

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  Marshall Bridge in the mid-1990s

See also

• List of Registered Historic Places in Indiana
• Parke County Covered Bridges
• Parke County Covered Bridge Festival