Laughery Creek Bridge, also known as "Triple Whipple Bridge" due to the special engineering design, just south of Aurora, in Dearborn/Ohio County, in Indiana. Intersected-IN-56 (Old Alignment) Over Laughery Creek. Construction Date-1878. Length - 300'. Structure Type: Single span, Metal 21 Panel Pin-Connected Triple Intersection Pratt Through Truss, Fixed. Builder/Contractor: Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio. Rehabilitation Date-2008. Inventory Number-1500079. This bridge is among the most spectacular and impressive historic bridges standing today, it is the only remaining example of its kind known. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 29, 1976. GPS: 39.024620°N, -84.885890°W.
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