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The Williams Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge built in 1884, located in southern Indiana .

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5-795: The Williams Bridge is situated in Spice Valley Township in Lawrence County , Indiana , spanning the East Fork of the White River on Huron and Williams Road, south of State Road 450 . It is located near the unincorporated town of Williams , approximately two miles downriver from the Williams Dam and eight miles southwest of Bedford . The bridge features a Howe Truss design and was constructed in 1884 by Joseph 'J.J.' Daniels. It consists of two spans totalling 373 feet (114 m) in length, with

10-536: A bridge in Indiana is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Spice Valley Township, Lawrence County, Indiana Spice Valley Township is one of nine townships in Lawrence County , Indiana , United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,423 and it contained 1,137 housing units. The Williams Bridge was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. According to

15-595: A deck width of 14.7 feet (4.5 m) and a vertical clearance of 19.2 feet (5.9 m) above the deck. In 1981, the bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places . At the time, it was the longest covered bridge in Indiana still open to vehicular traffic. However, the bridge was closed to traffic on September 20, 2010. Although the Medora Bridge in Jackson County , at 434 feet (132 m), remains

20-464: The 2010 census, the township has a total area of 71.25 square miles (184.5 km ), of which 70.34 square miles (182.2 km ) (or 98.72%) is land and 0.91 square miles (2.4 km ) (or 1.28%) is water. (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.) The township contains these nine cemeteries: Brunner, Bryantsville, Burton, Connerley Switch, Cox, Georgia, Grodey, Huron and Tincher. Spice Valley Township residents may obtain

25-459: The longest covered bridge in the state, it has been closed to all but pedestrian traffic since 1972. [REDACTED] Media related to Williams Covered Bridge (Lawrence County, Indiana) at Wikimedia Commons This article about a property in Lawrence County, Indiana on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about

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