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The Parke County Covered Bridge Festival is a fall festival which takes place in nine communities in Parke County, Indiana, United States. It celebrates the county's 31 covered bridges, and is attended by more than 2 million people each year. It begins on the second Friday in October and lasts 10 days.
At one time, as many as 53 covered bridges existed (wholly or in part) in Parke County. Today, 31 of those bridges survive, 10 of which have been closed to vehicle traffic. [2] The Jackson Covered Bridge is the longest single span covered bridge in Indiana. The Portland Mills Covered Bridge is the oldest of the county's covered bridges.
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 101 feet (31 m) long, 16 feet (4.9 m) wide, and 14 feet (4.3 m) high. [3] [4] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [2]
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.
Billie Creek Village was a 70-acre open-air living history museum and park, filled with 38 historical buildings and structures, and hundreds of antiques and artifacts. It is located at near Rockville, Adams Township, Parke County, Indiana in the area known as the "Covered Bridge Capital of the World" for the county's 31 covered bridges
Parke County bills itself as the covered bridge capital of the world. [1] Combined with six counties that surround it, there are 51 of Indiana’s 98 covered bridges in this small area: Parke County (32), Putnam County (9), Fountain County (3), Vermillion County (3), Montgomery County (2), Owen County (1) and Vigo County (1).
Roseville, Indiana, Parke, Indiana, United States: Official name: Roseville Covered Bridge: Other name(s) Coxville Covered Bridge: Named for: Roseville, Indiana: Maintained by: Parke County: NBI Number: 6100042 [1] Characteristics; Design: National Register of Historic Places: Total length: 281 ft (86 m)263ft +9ft overhangs on each end: Width ...
Parke, Indiana, United States: Official name: Rush Creek Covered Bridge: Named for: Rush Creek: Maintained by: Parke County: NBI Number: 6100154 [1] Characteristics; Design: National Register of Historic Places: Total length: 95 ft (29 m)77ft +9ft overhangs on each end: Width: 16 ft (4.9 m) Height: 12.5 ft (3.8 m) History; Constructed by ...