![]() Located on the east boundary of Turkey Run State Park. Two spans, third longest covered bridge in the state destroyed by a tornado in 2008, it has since been rebuilt. Closed to all but pedestrian traffic since 1972, and is currently undergoing restoration. Three spans, longest covered bridge in the state and, by clear span, is sometimes claimed to be the longest historic covered bridge in the U.S. Three spans, central roof was torn off by winds in the spring of 2006 and restored in 2007. Second oldest and only remaining Queen Post covered bridge in the stateįifth oldest and longest single span covered bridge in the state Local legends claim this bridge is haunted. Moved to Lake County Fairgrounds in 1933 from Milroy in Rush County over the Little Flatrock River.įourth oldest covered bridge in the state and has a unique wooden block floor that spans its length as shown in the picture. Located at the west side of Turkey Run State Park. Replaced original bridge that was destroyed by fire in 2005 with reconstruction completed in October 2006. Moved to serve as the entrance to Billie Creek Village. List of Covered Bridges Extant Name īillie Creek Village, Rockville, Parke County It was the last standing example of a Post Truss covered bridge in the world. The remaining span of the Bell Ford Bridge, northwest of Seymour in Jackson County, collapsed in January 2006. Indiana also has examples of the Long Truss and the Smith Type IV Truss. ![]() One each of the older style King Post and Queen Post are located in the western part of the state Philips Bridge, west of Rockville in Parke County and Irishman Bridge, south of Terre Haute in Vigo County, respectively. ![]() ![]() The majority, 54, are Burr Arch truss designs, while the next most common truss style is a Howe truss with 23. Combined with six counties that surround it, there are 51 of Indiana’s 98 covered bridges in this small area: Parke County (32), Putnam County (9), Fountain County (3), Vermillion County (3), Montgomery County (2), Owen County (1) and Vigo County (1). Parke County bills itself as the covered bridge capital of the world. Fourteen of these bridges were built before 1870 and represent the most common truss styles ( Burr Arch) in Indiana. There are 98 historic wooden covered bridges in the U.S. This is a list of Indiana covered bridges. ![]()
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