Stone Arch Bridge Over McCormick's Creek
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Stone Arch Bridge over McCormick's Creek is a historic
arch bridge An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. Arch bridges work by transferring the weight of the bridge and its structural load, loads partially into a horizontal thrust restrained by the abutments at either si ...
located at
McCormick's Creek State Park McCormick's Creek State Park is the oldest state park in the U.S. state of Indiana, dedicated on July 4, 1916, as part of the state's centennial celebration. It is located west of Bloomington in Owen County. The park receives about 640,000 vi ...
in Washington Township,
Owen County, Indiana Owen County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. In 1920 the United States Census Bureau calculated the mean center of U.S. population to fall within this county. As of the 2020 United States census, it had a population of 21,321. Its co ...
. It was built by the
Civilian Conservation Corps The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government unemployment, work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. The CCC was ...
in 1934, and is solidly constructed of mortared roughcut
limestone Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...
. The round arch has a span and reaches approximately high. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1993.


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Civilian Conservation Corps in Indiana Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Bridges completed in 1934 Transportation buildings and structures in Owen County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Owen County, Indiana Stone arch bridges in the United States 1934 establishments in Indiana {{OwenCountyIN-NRHP-stub