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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 ...
Name Image Built Listed Location County Type 4th Roann Covered Bridge: 1877 1981-08-06 Roann: Wabash: Howe Truss: Adams Mill Covered Bridge: 1872, 1900, ca. 1937
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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.
Between 1969 and 2015, the number of surviving covered bridges in Canada declined from about 400 to under 200. [21] In 1900, Quebec had an estimated 1,000 covered bridges. [22] Relative to the rest of North America, Quebec was late in building covered bridges, with the busiest decade for construction being the 1930s. [23]
The Star Mill Covered Bridge was the first and then the Harrison Covered Bridge replaced it but was damaged in 1876 prompting the West Union Covered Bridge to be built. The bridge was finished in September 1876. The road was originally part of the "Indiana State Highway", established with Legislature in 1827, which connected Fort Wayne with ...
Newport Covered Bridge, also known as the Morehead Covered Bridge and County Bridge No. 67, is a historic Burr Arch Truss covered bridge located in Vermillion Township, Vermillion County, Indiana. It was built in 1885, and is a single span covered timber bridge. It measures 210 feet long and 16 feet wide. The bridge spans the Little Vermilion ...
Darlington Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge located in Franklin Township, Montgomery County, Indiana. It was built in 1868, and is a single span, Howe truss covered bridge that spans Sugar Creek. It measures 166 feet long and has an overall width of 22 feet. [2]: 2 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1]