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Marshall, Parke County

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Inventory Number: IN/14-61-32
Parke County Number: PC-29
County: Parke County
Township: Liberty
Town/Village: Tangier
Bridge Name: Marshall
Crosses: Rush Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 56' floor, 74' roofline
Roadway Width:
Built: 1917
Builder: Joseph A. Britton
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N39 53.002
Longitude: W087 19.573
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 0.3 miles west of CR400W and Tangier on CR1050N, then 2.6 miles left on CR425W and 0.2 miles left on CR800N.

Marshall Bridge, Tangier, Parke County, IN Built 1917
Richard Donovan / Trish Kane Collection

Marshall Bridge, Tangier, Parke County, IN Built 1917
Dale J. Travis Photo

Marshall Bridge, Liberty, Parke County, IN Built 1917
Bill & Jenn Caswell Photo, March 14, 2020

Comments:
[28-17N-8W]. 6-panel truss. Joseph A. Britton was 80 years old when he and his son constructed this bridge in 1917. It was his second to last bridge. The bridge is either named for Civil War veteran and Parke County Commissioner Mahlon Marshall or David W. Marshall who owned a 132-acre farm near the bridge.

Sources:
Ketcham, Bryan E.. Covered Bridges on the Byways of Indiana, 1949, page 95
Gould, George E.. Indiana's Covered Bridges Thru the Years, 1977
County History Preservation Society (no longer accessible). Covered Bridges of Indiana, 2002, http://www.countyhistory.com/coveredbridge/parke/marshall.htm
Rau, Harold. A Guide to the Covered Bridges of Parke County, Indiana, 2016, pages 36-37
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 25

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