{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Cavanaugh Bridge | nrhp_type = | image = Cavanaugh Bridge southwestern angle.jpg | caption = Cavanaugh Bridge, March 2011 | location = 0.6 miles south of County Road 700S on County Road 550W over the Muscatatuck River, southwest of Brownstown in Driftwood Township, Jackson County, Indiana | coordinates = {{coord|38|45|48|N|86|8|12|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = USA Indiana Washington County#Indiana#USA | built = c. {{Start date|1899}} | builder = Lafayette Bridge Co.; et.al. | architecture = Pratt through truss | added = December 19, 2007 | area = less than one acre | refnum = 07001280<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> }}
'''Cavanaugh Bridge''', also known as Jackson County Bridge #195, is a historic Pratt through truss bridge located in Driftwood Township, Jackson County, Indiana.
==Background== The structure was built in 1899 by the Lafayette Bridge Co. and spans the Muscatatuck River. The 174 foot long steel bridge rests on native brown sandstone abutments.<ref name="SHAARD">{{cite web| url = https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/welcome.html| title = Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) | publisher = Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology | format = Searchable database| access-date = 2016-04-01}} ''Note:'' This includes {{cite web| url =https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/25929/N/Cavanaugh_Bridge_Jackson_CO_Nom.pdf| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Cavanaugh Bridge| access-date = 2016-04-01| author=Joanne Raetz Stuttgen| date=April 2007}} and Accompanying photographs.</ref>{{rp|5}}
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.<ref name=nris/>
The bridge was demolished in March 2015 and replaced with a new bridge 200 yards upstream.<ref>{{Cite web| url= http://www.tribtown.com/2015/11/24/rough_crossings/ |title= Rough Crossings |last= Spicer |first= Zach |website= The Tribune |date= 2015-11-24 |access-date= 2020-09-11}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{commons category}} {{National Register of Historic Places in Indiana}} {{NRHP bridges}}
Category:Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Category:Bridges completed in 1899 Category:Transportation buildings and structures in Jackson County, Indiana Category:National Register of Historic Places in Jackson County, Indiana Category:Transportation buildings and structures in Washington County, Indiana Category:National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Indiana Category:Steel bridges in the United States Category:Pratt truss bridges in the United States
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