CADE’S MILL BRIDGE
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Historic Transportation
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Site, Transportation
- 1035 W Cades Hollow Rd, Veedersburg, IN 47987, USA
- 40.064399, -87.312242
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Fountain County Art Council, Inc
CADE’S MILL BRIDGE
Inscription
CADE'S MILL BRIDGEBUILT CA. 1852 ON THIS SITE
WITH PUBLIC FUNDS TO AID
TRAVELERS HEADED WEST.
COVERED HOWE TRUSS BRIDGE
SPANS 153’ OVER COAL CREEK.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2024
While oral tradition says the date this bridge was built was 1850, other records say 1854. $260 in funds were encumbered by the County Commissioners in 1847 from the first payment the State of Indiana made to Fountain County for land it was taking to dig the Erie and Wabash Canal. Possibly the 1854 date represents the year the bridge was completed and open to the public.
Cade’s Mill Bridge replaced a smaller bridge built in 1828. It was only one of two bridges in Fountain County over Coal Creek for travelers going east or west as the creek cuts through the lower portion of the county.
In 1847, a mill owned by Mr. Van Dorn, stood by the bridge. It was later owned by David Cade, one of the agents appointed by the county to superintend construction of the covered bridge. Unfortunately, the mill was struck by lightning and burned sometime in the late 1940s or early 1950s.
In 1976, Cade’s Mill bridge was bypassed when a newer, more modern bridge was built nearby. The covered bridge has a weight limit of 3 tons which could not accommodate modern farm equipment. As of 2024, Cade’s Mill Bridge is cared for by the Fountain County Arts Council on behalf of Fountain County.