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The county claims to have more covered bridges than any other county in the United States. [1] This is due to several reasons, mainly due to the numerous streams and creeks in the county, and having the natural resources and designers to build the bridges. Most were built of poplar wood and built Burr Arch style. The main designers of the ...
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. At one time as many as 52 1/2 covered bridges existed in Parke County. The half bridge comes from a shared bridge with Vermillion County that crossed the Wabash River.
Two spans, third longest covered bridge in the state; destroyed by a tornado in 2008, it has since been rebuilt. Narrows Bridge: Marshall, Parke County: 1882 121 feet (37 m) Sugar Creek Burr Arch: Located on the east boundary of Turkey Run State Park. Neet Bridge: Catlin, Parke County: 1904 126 feet (38 m) Little Raccoon Creek Burr Arch: Nevins ...
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 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]
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 .
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 ...
Conley's Ford Covered Bridge was built in 1906 and crosses Big Raccoon Creek on County Road 550 East close to County Road 720 South, in Parke County, IN. The bridge is a single span Burr Arch Truss structure. The Conley's Ford Covered Bridge was built by J. Lawrence Van Fossen.