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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.
The Portland Mills Covered Bridge is the second oldest covered bridge in Parke County, Indiana, being built the same year as the Crooks Covered Bridge. It is a single span Burr Arch Truss covered bridge that was built by Henry Wolf in 1856. [2] [4] [5] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [3]
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.
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Shortest covered bridge in the state Portland Mills Bridge: Guion, Parke County: 1856 130 feet (40 m) Little Raccoon Creek Burr Arch: Tied with Crooks Bridge as the fourth oldest covered bridge in the state. Potter's Covered Bridge: Noblesville, Hamilton County: 1871 259 feet (79 m) West Fork, White River Howe truss: Ramp Creek Bridge ...
Longest single span covered bridge in Indiana 19: ... Portland Mills Bridge. December 22, 1978 ... Oldest covered bridge in Parke County 35:
Adams Mill Covered Bridge: 1872, 1900, ca. 1937 ... Indiana State Highway Bridge 42-11-3101: ... Covered Multiple King Post Portland Mills Bridge: 1856, 1970 ...