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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.
A map of numbered covered bridges in New Hampshire, 1967 Stark Covered Bridge, built in 1857, over the Upper Ammonoosuc River Contoocook Railroad Bridge is the oldest covered railroad bridge of its kind in the United States Conway is home to the Saco River Bridge, built in 1890 Sign for NH Covered Bridge No. 2 (Coombs Covered Bridge) along NH Route 10
Cox Ford Covered Bridge: Named for: Cox Ford: Maintained by: Parke County Commissioners Parke County: WGCB # 14-61-34 [1] Characteristics; Design: Burr arch truss bridge: Material: Concrete on top of stone block (foundations) Trough construction: Wood: Total length: 176 ft (53.6 m) (includes 8 ft (2.4 m) overhangs on each end) Width: 16 ft (4.9 ...
This bridge has been acclaimed as the first in J. A. Britton's illustrious covered bridge career. Some purists though have criticized the pointed arch joints and it can be noted that J. A. Britton built a Billie Creek Bridge in 1880, but it was probably an open bridge. Joseph A. Britton's first wife died while he was working on the Narrows Bridge.
When the 1865 J. J. Daniels Roseville Covered Bridge was destroyed by fire in 1910 the Parke County Commissioners thought that the bridge should be replaced with a concrete bridge. However, the bids must have come back prohibitively high because the bridge was replaced with the current covered bridge.
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 ...
North Walpole, New Hampshire, and Bellows Falls, Vermont: Cheshire County, New Hampshire, and Windham County, Vermont: NH-8: Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge: Extant Town lattice truss: 1866 1984 Connecticut River
Unlike the other covered bridges in Parke County, Conley's Ford was made of white pine, and not poplar. The bridge also lays claim to being the world's fourth longest single span covered bridge. [3] [4] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [2] In 1991 the bridge was re-sided and re-roofed.