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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.
This is a list of Indiana covered bridges. There are 98 historic wooden covered bridges in the U.S. state of Indiana. Fourteen of these were built before 1870 and represent the most common truss styles in Indiana. Parke County bills itself as the covered bridge capital of the world. [1]
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Parke County, Indiana, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. [1]
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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.
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.
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 ...
Pages in category "Former covered bridges in Parke County, Indiana" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.