Scenic Indiana: Tunnelton Tunnel & William's Bridge

After spending the morning doing laundry and working on my sociology paper, Norris and I decided to spend part of the afternoon seeing & photographic some close-by scenic areas. First, Norris suggested that we go to William's Dam. That was our first destination, but I was unimpressed with the Dam and the overwhelming smell of urine while we were there. We decided to move on in less than five minutes. We then came across Williams Bridge which is the longest covered bridge in the state of Indiana and was built in 1884. The bridge was amazing, but I was not a happy camper when Norris insisted that we drive over it!

After our little drive through Williams, we decided to head back to Tunnelton to try to find The Big Tunnel. Instead of going through the town of Tunnelton this time, we stayed on Tunnelton Rd. until it became Devil's Backbone Rd. and it then became Ft. Ritner road. We turned right on Tunnelhill Rd/River Rd and followed it until we came to one of the train trussels that we saw yesterday. There were two clearings walking up to the tracks and I told my husband that I believed that would lead us to The Big Tunnel. Hubby wasn't convinced, but we pulled the vehicle off into some dirt and made our trek up there. After walking about 1/4 mile we came to it - the entrance to The Big Tunnel! We did not walk through the length of the tunnel, but we did take some photos. When we left, we followed Tunnelhill Rd/River Rd all the way back to the town of Tunnelton. On the way back we came parallel to the tracks again and there was another little trail leading up to the tracks. I told Norris that I thought that was the other entrance to the tunnel, but again he wasn't convinced. Since the sun was starting to set, we decided to go home and we would come back another day to check out the other entrance of the tunnel...and maybe even walk through it!

One entrance to The Big Tunnel: