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The Moscow Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge located at Moscow, Indiana, a small unincorporated town in Rush County, Indiana. It is of Burr Arch construction, 334 feet (102 m) long in two spans over Big Flat Rock River in It is the third longest covered bridge in the state. [2]: 2, 13
The "lost" covered bridges of Parke County covers the covered bridges of Parke County, Indiana, United States, that have been destroyed, either through floods, arson, or demolition. Parke County is the self-proclaimed "Covered Bridge Capital of the World". [1] It claims to have more covered bridges than any other county in the United States.
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).
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. On December 22, 1978, all covered bridges still standing within the county were part of the Parke County Covered Bridges TR Multiple Property Submission, and went on the National ...
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. What to know about the Indiana Covered Bridge Festival 2022
Pages in category "Former covered bridges in Parke County, Indiana" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Parke County, Indiana" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The community's name most likely was a transfer from Moscow, in Russia. [4] A post office was established at Moscow in 1827, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1907. [5] The town was struck on June 3, 2008, by an EF3 tornado which destroyed its landmark 19th-century Moscow Covered Bridge over the Big Flatrock river. [6]