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Champ's Ford Bridge, also known as Decatur County Bridge #124, is a historic stone
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 in Clay Township,
Decatur County, Indiana Decatur County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 26,472. The county seat (and only incorporated city) is Greensburg. History In 1787, the US defined the Northwest Territory whic ...
. It was built in 1904, and consists of four segmental arches constructed of Indiana Laurel
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) ...
. It measures 118 feet long and 17 feet, 4 inches, wide. ''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 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 2009.


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Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Bridges completed in 1904 Transportation buildings and structures in Decatur County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Decatur County, Indiana Stone arch bridges in the United States {{DecaturCountyIN-NRHP-stub