Bell Ford Covered Bridge

A collaboration of the City of Lawrence, Ft Harrison State Park, and Indianapolis Greenways is attempting to reconstruct the 1868 Bell Ford Covered Bridge over Fall Creek in Fort Harrison State Park. When successfully reconstructed this bridge will provide the link between the Fall Creek Trail, and the trails of Fort Harrison and the City of Lawrence. The bridge fell by sections into the East Fork of the White River in 1999, and 2006. This bridge at 325 feet would be the fourth longest covered bridge in Indiana. Further it is the only 3 material covered bridge known to exist in America. The supports of this bridge are cast iron, wrought iron, as well as eastern white pine. It is envisioned that this bridge will be visited by hundreds of thousands of walkers, runners, and bicyclist annually, and will be the image most remembered of the State Park.