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Moscow Covered Bridge
Moscow, Indiana
(Destroyed by a tornado on June 3, 2008)
Moscow Covered Bridge
built in 1886 by Emmet L. Kennedy
spans Big Flatrock river
346 feet in a double span
330 feet span with two 8 foot overhangs
Big Flatrock river
Burr Arch Truss construction
double arch
side windows
on the National Register of Historic Places
Location:
At Moscow on CR 650S
Latitude: N39 deg 29.08 min
Longitude: W85 deg 33.30 min
After being destroyed by a tornado on June 3, 2008
WISHTV chopper 8 photo
WISHTV chopper 8 photo
WISHTV chopper 8 photo
Flash Video taken from Chopper 8
the day after the tornado struck on June 3, 2008 - Photo by Jim Barker who supervised the Restoration
framing work -- darker timbers are original 1886 wood salvaged and reused. Photo by Jim Barker
Jim Barker's assistant, Jingyuan Zhou who did much of the design work, and was very accurate.
was taken in 2011 after rebuild was finished Photo by Jim Barker