The Haunted Bridge of Avon, Indiana | Indiana Architectural Photography

The Haunted Bridge of Avon, Indiana is a spooky bridge with a troubled past. Spanning approximately 300 feet and rising to a height of about 70 feet, it’s an imposing structure whose image graces the Avon town seal today.

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Haunted Bridge | Avon Indiana | Image By Indiana Architectural Photographer Jason Humbracht
Avon Haunted Bridge
Avon Indiana | Haunted Bridge | Image By Indiana Architectural Photographer Jason Humbracht
Ghost Archer

While the legends vary from person to person, a general consensus can be drawn from everyone: don’t go near this haunted bridge at night. And if you do? Visitors will hear the moans and grunts of a figure (some claim there are multiple ghosts). If you dare to cross the bridge, particularly on a hot day in summer, you’re likely to see tears along the bridge, dripping from the ghost. Others insist you’ll also hear the heartbreaking and chilling cries of a woman crying for her child.

So who is this mystery ghost? Different stories abound, though many focus on a construction worker falling and dying face down in the cement during the bridge’s construction. Some tales claim this man was an alcoholic and was removed the next day. Others claim the man actually landed within the bridge’s supporting framework and that the construction crew left his body there, sealing it with cement. Bold claims even insist that a limb poked out and was roughly cut off to polish off the final look of this bridge.

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Haunted Bridge | Avon Indiana | Image By Indiana Architectural Photographer Jason Humbracht
Ghost Train

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Haunted Bridge Avon Indiana | Image By Indiana Architectural Photographer Jason Humbracht
From Below

In addition to these tales, other residents claim a woman and her sick baby were crossing the bridge at the same time as a train. To save them, the woman dove into the water, but her baby was killed. This woman, they claim, died days later of a broken heart. Many actually believe the construction worker, the baby, and the woman all haunt the bridge. (source)

Haunted Bridge Avon Indiana | Image By Indiana Architectural Photographer Jason Humbracht
Frozen Tears

 

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Haunted Bridge | Avon, Indiana

The Haunted Bridge of Avon, Indiana has a story behind it, as all haunted bridges do. The legend of Avon’s Haunted Bridge has been around for generations. Different rumors abound, but in general, the people of Avon have agreed that if you go near the old bridge at night, you will hear a moaning, discontented ghost, or maybe two or three of them. And if you cross the bridge on a hot summer day, you may see the ghost’s tears on it. (source)

 

 

 

 

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