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{{Short description|Place in Indiana listed on National Register of Historic Places}}
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{{Infobox bridge
| name                = Sims Smith Covered Bridge
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| official_name       = Sims Smith Covered Bridge
| other_name          = 
| named_for           = Simeon Smith
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| image               = Sims Smith CB.JPG
| caption             = North Portal
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| coordinates         = {{coord|39|46|24.75|N|87|19|52.20|W|display=inline,title}} 
| locale              = [[Parke County, Indiana|Parke]], [[Indiana]], [[United States]]
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| carries             = C.R. W40N
| crosses             = Leatherwood Creek, Indiana
| owner               = 
| maint               = [[Parke County, Indiana|Parke County]] 
| id_type             = [[National Bridge Inventory|NBI]] Number
| id                  = 6100060<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nationalbridges.com/ |title=National Bridge Inventory Database Search - 2016 |website=nationalbridges.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202222633/http://www.nationalbridges.com/ |archive-date=2019-02-02 |url-status=}}</ref>
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| design              = [[National Register of Historic Places]]
| length              = {{convert|102|ft|m|abbr=on}}84ft +9ft overhangs on each end
| width               = {{convert|16|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| height              = {{convert|14|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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| builder             = [[J.A. Britton|Britton, J.A.]] 
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| built               = 1883
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| rebuilt             = 1977
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| extra               = {{Infobox NRHP
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 | added                = Dec 22, 1978
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 | refnum               = 78000411<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2007a}}</ref> 
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 | mpsub                = Parke County Covered Bridges TR
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The '''Sim Smith Covered Bridge''' is east of [[Montezuma, Indiana]].  The single span [[Burr Truss]] covered bridge structure was built by Joseph A. Britton in 1883.  The bridge is {{convert|101|ft}} long, {{convert|16|ft}} wide, and {{convert|14|ft}} high.<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.coveredbridges.com/index.php/poi_detail?poiID=48
 |title       = Sim Smith Covered Bridge
 |publisher   = Parke County Incorporated / Parke County Convention and Visitors Commission
 |accessdate  = 2012-10-18
 |url-status     = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120419095132/http://www.coveredbridges.com/index.php/poi_detail?poiID=48
 |archivedate = 2012-04-19
}}</ref><ref name="SHAARD">{{cite web| url = https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/welcome.html| title = Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) | publisher = Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology | format = Searchable database| accessdate = 2016-06-01}} ''Note:'' This includes {{cite web| url =https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/1ce09/N/Park_CO_Covered_Bridge_HD_Nom.pdf| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Parke County Covered Bridge Historic District| accessdate = 2016-06-01| author=Charles Felkner| date=December 1977}}, [https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/1ce08/N/Parke_CO_Covered_Bridge_HD_2.pdf Site map], and Accompanying photographs.</ref>

It was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1978.<ref name="nris"/>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Burr_Truss_P4230093_Sims_Smith.jpg |Detail of Burr Arch and King Posts
File:Burr_Truss_P4230099_Sims_Smith.jpg| Detail of Abutment
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[List of Registered Historic Places in Indiana]]
* [[Parke County Covered Bridges]]
* [[Parke County Covered Bridge Festival]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{commons category-inline|Sim Smith Covered Bridge}}

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{{National Register of Historic Places in Indiana}}
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[[Category:Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Parke County, Indiana]]
[[Category:Bridges completed in 1883]]
[[Category:King post truss bridges in the United States]]
[[Category:Wooden bridges in Indiana]]
[[Category:Burr Truss bridges in the United States]]
[[Category:1883 establishments in Indiana]]


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