Jeffers Bridge, also known as the Birch Creek Bridge and Clay County Bridge #127, is a historic

Pratt through truss A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units. The connected elements (typically straight) may be stressed from tension, compression, or s ...

bridge located in Perry Township and Sugar Ridge Township,

Clay County, Indiana Clay County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 26,890. The county seat is Brazil. Clay County is included in the Terre Haute, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The Indiana Legislature ...

. It was built by the

Vincennes Bridge Company The Vincennes Bridge Company, based in Vincennes, Indiana, was a designer and builder of bridges that was "one of Indiana's 'most successful bridge-building firms'". It was founded by three schoolteachers in 1898. The firm produced more than 1200 ...

in 1926. It once carried County Road 200S over Birch Creek. It is currently closed to traffic from disrepair. The bridge measures 91 feet long and rests on

concrete Concrete is a composite material composed of fine and coarse aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement (cement paste) that hardens (cures) over time. Concrete is the second-most-used substance in the world after water, and is the most wi ...

abutments and wingwalls. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. It was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 2000.

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Truss bridges in the United States Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Bridges completed in 1926 Transportation buildings and structures in Clay County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Clay County, Indiana {{ClayCountyIN-NRHP-stub