Burr Arch Truss, Indiana, Fayette County- Connorsville, Longwood Covered Bridge (Relocated)
The bridge was built in 1884 by the Kennedy Brothers- Emmett L. Kennedy and Charles Kennedy sons of Archibald M. Kennedy. The Kennedy family built covered bridges in the region for three generations. In the bridges they built they employed the Burr arch truss system for it stability and ability to support long wood spans with little or no midstream support. According to the National Register of Historic Places Inventory- Nomination Form (No. 81000011), the Longwood Covered Bridge has a truss design that is unusual for the Burr arch, with two kingpost placed ten feet apart as in the queenpost arrangement instead of the multiple kingpost arrangement most often used with the Burr arch. The bridge has five panels on each side of the center, and the burr arch. The bridge originally spanned Williams Creek near Glenwood, Indiana. The bridge was relocated to Roberts Park in 1984.
Burr Arch Truss, Indiana, Fayette County- Connorsville, Longwood Covered Bridge (Relocated)
The bridge was built in 1884 by the Kennedy Brothers- Emmett L. Kennedy and Charles Kennedy sons of Archibald M. Kennedy. The Kennedy family built covered bridges in the region for three generations. In the bridges they built they employed the Burr arch truss system for it stability and ability to support long wood spans with little or no midstream support. According to the National Register of Historic Places Inventory- Nomination Form (No. 81000011), the Longwood Covered Bridge has a truss design that is unusual for the Burr arch, with two kingpost placed ten feet apart as in the queenpost arrangement instead of the multiple kingpost arrangement most often used with the Burr arch. The bridge has five panels on each side of the center, and the burr arch. The bridge originally spanned Williams Creek near Glenwood, Indiana. The bridge was relocated to Roberts Park in 1984.