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The Tulip Trestle or Viaduct is a 2,295 foot long railroad bridge in Greene County Indiana, nearly Bloomfield. The bridge was built in 1905. Its part of a rail line that goes from Indianapolis to Newton, Illinois. At the time of its construction it was the longest rail trestle in the United States and the third longest railroad trestle in the world.
Possum Bottom Covered Bridge Interior – Dana, Indiana. The Burr Arch Truss style bridge was built in 1876 by Joseph J. Daniels. The bridge is known by several names including Hillsdale Covered Bridge, and Jackson’s Ford Covered Bridge. The bridge was moved from Little Raccoon Creek and the Community of Possum Bottom to its present location in 1972.
Covered bridge are timber-truss bridges consisting of a roof, decking, and siding and are often painted red, or white. More than 14,000 covered bridges were built in the United States, mostly between the years 1825-1875. Many have since been replaced with more robust steel bridges that can handle heavier vehicles and more traffic, and last longer with less upkeep. Today, roughly 750 remain in the United States, mostly in rural areas of the Eastern US. Good places to spot them include; Indiana (98), Ohio (54), and Pennsylvania (219).
The Hazelwood round barn was built by O. Earl White, a graduate of Purdue University in 1916. It is said that the wood used in the barn’s construction is treated cypress from Louisiana, that has never been painted.
Round barns are a design intended for efficiency that never really caught on. They were most popular between the 1880’s and 1920’s. Originally 219 polygonal and round barns were constructed throughout Indiana. While hundreds more were built throughout the United States and Canada during that time. As of 2017, there were only 73 remaining in Indiana.