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The festival began in 1957, when a group of local women decided to hold a three-day festival to accommodate the many interested tourists looking for information about the bridges. Now the festival is thriving and puts Mansfield on the map 10 days of the year. The first festival was rather small and occurred only in Rockville. 2020 saw no festival.
The Mansfield Covered Bridge is a Double Burr Arch double span truss bridge located on Mansfield Road (historic) and Big Raccoon Creek in Mansfield southeast of Rockville in Parke County, Indiana. Built by Joseph J. Daniels in 1867 at a cost of $12,200. At 279 ft (85 m) it is the second longest covered bridge left in Parke County. This Historic ...
Parke County has 31 covered bridges and is widely referred to as the 'Covered Bridge Capital of the World'. [8] It is the site for the Parke County Covered Bridge Festival which has been held in October each year. [9] Parke County is included in the Terre Haute, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Oct. 15—With 31 covered bridges scattered throughout Parke County in locations as disparate as Turkey Run State Park and Little Raccoon Creek, it's the ideal location for a covered bridge festival.
2024 Covered Bridge Festival. What: Madison County’s annual celebration of its famous covered bridges. More than 140 foods, arts and crafts vendors, with “old time” carpentry, quilting ...
The Parke County Indiana Covered Bridge Festival kicked off Oct. 14. Here's all the detail you need to know if you want to attend.
Three spans, longest covered bridge in the state and, by clear span, is sometimes claimed to be the longest historic covered bridge in the U.S. Closed to all but pedestrian traffic since 1972, and is currently undergoing restoration. Melcher Bridge: Montezuma, Parke County: 1896 83 feet (25 m) Leatherwood Creek Burr Arch: Mill Creek Bridge
Mansfield Bridge may refer to: The Mansfield Covered Bridge in Parke County, Indiana The W.D. Mansfield Memorial Bridge in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania , which connects the borough of Dravosburg and the city of McKeesport .