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Ceylon Covered Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Ceylon Covered Bridge, November 2011
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Location	County Road 900S over the Wabash River in Limberlost County Park, northeast of Ceylon, Wabash Township, Adams County, Indiana
Coordinates	40°36′51″N 84°56′35″W / 40.61417°N 84.94306°W / 40.61417; -84.94306
Area	less than one acre
Built	1879 (1879)
Built by	Smith Bridge Company; Huffman, Martin J.
Architectural style	Howe truss bridge
NRHP reference No.	06001289
Added to NRHP	January 25, 2007

Ceylon Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge over the Wabash River and located at Wabash Township, Adams County, Indiana. It was built in 1879 by the Smith Bridge Company of Toledo, Ohio, and is a 130-foot-long (40 m) truss bridge. It the only remaining covered bridge over the Wabash.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

See also

• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Indiana

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-07-01. Note: This includes Cooper, James; O'Beirne, Julie (February 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Ceylon Covered Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-07-01. and accompanying photographs

External links

• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. IN-50, "Cumberland Covered Bridge", 6 measured drawings

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• Historic American Engineering Record in Indiana
• Transportation buildings and structures in Adams County, Indiana
• National Register of Historic Places in Adams County, Indiana
• Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
• 1879 establishments in Indiana
• Wooden bridges in Indiana
• Howe truss bridges in the United States
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