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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).
Fairfield County has 18 covered bridges. [1]: 68–69 The Smolen–Gulf Bridge, at 613 feet, is currently the longest multi-span covered bridge in the United States. The West Liberty Covered Bridge, at 18 feet, has been called the shortest covered bridge in the United States. The list below is not comprehensive.
Andrew Thomas House, in Carroll County First Christian Church, designed by Eliel Saarinen, in Bartholomew County Jeffries Ford Covered Bridge, destroyed by fire in 2002 but still NRHP-listed, in Parke County State Bank of Indiana, Branch of (Memorial Hall), in Vigo County USS LST 325 (tank landing ship), Vanderburgh County St. Augustine's Episcopal Church, designed by Edward D. Dart, in Lake ...
Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Parke County, Indiana (34 P) Pages in category "Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana" The following 80 pages are in this category, out of 80 total.
Oct. 6—At one time, hundreds of covered bridges dotted northeast Ohio's landscape. A popular construction in 18th century Connecticut, the early settlers of the Western Reserve brought this ...
It was built in 1879, and is a single span covered timber bridge. It measured 157 feet long. [2]: 5–6 The bridge was disassembled in 1994 and currently in storage in its entirety for reassembly in the future. [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994 and delisted in 1999. [1]
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. On ...
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