List of covered bridges in Indiana

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Use American English This is a list of Indiana covered bridges. There are 86 historic wooden covered bridges in the U.S. state of Indiana. Thirteen of these were built before 1870 and represent the most common truss styles (Burr Arch) in Indiana.

Parke County bills itself as the covered bridge capital of the world.[1] Combined with six counties that surround it, there are 50 of Indiana’s 86 covered bridges in this small area: Parke County (31), Putnam County (9), Fountain County (3), Vermillion County (3), Montgomery County (2), Owen County (1) and Vigo County (1). The majority, 53, are Burr Arch truss designs, while the next most common truss style is a Howe truss with 23.

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.[2] Indiana also has examples of the Long Truss and the Smith Type IV Truss. The remaining span of the Bell Ford Bridge, northwest of Seymour in Jackson County, collapsed in January 2006. It was the last standing example of a Post Truss covered bridge in the world.

List of covered bridges

Extant

Name[2] Image Location
[2]<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A] 		Year built[2] Length Crosses Design Historical notes
Adams Mill Bridge File:Adamsmillbridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Cutler, Carroll County 1872 Script error: No such module "convert". Wildcat Creek Howe truss
Baker's Camp Bridge File:Baker Camp CB Putnam County.JPG Script error: No such module "sort". Bainbridge, Putnam County 1901 Script error: No such module "convert". Big Walnut Creek Burr Arch
Beanblossom Bridge File:Bean Blossom Covered Bridge.JPG Script error: No such module "sort". Beanblossom, Brown County 1880 Script error: No such module "convert". Beanblossom Creek Modified Howe
Beeson Bridge File:Beeson Covered Bridge (Billie Creek Village).JPG Script error: No such module "sort". Billie Creek Village, Rockville, Parke County 1906 Script error: No such module "convert". Burr Arch
Big Rocky Fork Bridge File:Big Rocky Fork CB (Parke Cty) S side.JPG Script error: No such module "sort". Mansfield, Parke County 1900 Script error: No such module "convert". Big Rocky Fork Creek Burr Arch
Billie Creek Bridge File:Billie Creek Covered Bridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Billie Creek Village, Rockville, Parke County 1895 Script error: No such module "convert". Burr Arch Moved to serve as the entrance to Billie Creek Village.
Bowsher Ford Bridge File:Bowsher Ford 2009.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Tangier, Parke County 1915 Script error: No such module "convert". Mill Creek Burr Arch
Bridgeton Bridge (new) File:RebuiltBridgetonCoveredBridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Bridgeton, Parke County 2006 Script error: No such module "convert". Big Raccoon Creek Burr Arch Replaced original bridge that was destroyed by fire in 2005 with reconstruction completed in October 2006.
Busching Bridge File:036 34A Busching, Versailles SP, Versailles Cty.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Versailles, Ripley County 1885 Script error: No such module "convert". Laugher Creek Howe truss Located at Versailles State Park.
Cades Mill Bridge File:Cades Mill Bridge (Fountain Cty).JPG Script error: No such module "sort". Steam Corner, Fountain County 1854 Script error: No such module "convert". Coal Creek Howe truss Oldest bridge in the state
Cataract Covered Bridge Cataract Falls Bridge Script error: No such module "sort". Cataract, Owen County 1876 Script error: No such module "convert". Mill Creek Smith Type IV Truss
Catlin Bridge File:Catlincoveredbridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Rockville, Parke County 1907 Script error: No such module "convert". Bill Diddle Creek Burr Arch
Cedar Ford Bridge[3] Script error: No such module "sort". Bean Blossom, Monroe County 2019 Script error: No such module "convert". Beanblossom Creek Burr Arch
Ceylon Bridge File:Ceylon Covered Bridge, southern side and western portal.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Ceylon, Adams County 1879 Script error: No such module "convert". Wabash River Howe truss
Conley’s Ford Bridge File:Conley'sford3.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Mansfield, Parke County 1907 Script error: No such module "convert". Big Raccoon Creek Burr Arch
Cornstalk Bridge File:Burr Truss P1310074 Cornstalk Bridge (Raccoon).jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Raccoon, Putnam County 1917 Script error: No such module "convert". Cornstalk Creek Burr Arch
Cox Ford Bridge File:Cox Ford Bridge, Turkey Run.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Annapolis, Parke County 1913 Script error: No such module "convert". Sugar Creek Burr Arch Located at the west side of Turkey Run State Park.
Crooks Bridge File:Crookscoveredbridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Rockville, Parke County 1856 Script error: No such module "convert". Little Raccoon Creek Burr Arch Second oldest bridge in the state
Crown Point Bridge File:Coverend Bridge 151.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Crown Point, Lake County 1878 Script error: No such module "convert". Gully Burr Arch Moved to Lake County Fairgrounds in 1933 from Milroy in Rush County over the Little Flatrock River.
Cumberland Bridge File:Matthews Indiana CoveredBridge exterior.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Matthews, Grant County 1877 Script error: No such module "convert". Mississinewa River Howe truss
Darlington Bridge File:Darlingtoncoveredbridge1.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Darlington, Montgomery County 1868 Script error: No such module "convert". Sugar Creek Howe truss Fourth oldest covered bridge in the state and has a unique wooden block floor that spans its length as shown in the picture.
Deer's Mills Bridge File:Deer Mill Covered Bridge Indiana 4.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Deer's Mill, Montgomery County 1878 Script error: No such module "convert". Sugar Creek Burr Arch Located in Shades State Park.
Dick Huffman Bridge Script error: No such module "sort". Reelsville, Putnam County 1880 Script error: No such module "convert". Big Walnut River Howe truss Longest Howe Truss bridge in the state
Dunbar Bridge File:Dunbar (Covered Bridge Greenfield).JPG Script error: No such module "sort". Greencastle, Putnam County 1880 Script error: No such module "convert". Big Walnut Creek Burr Arch Two spans
Edna Collins Bridge Script error: No such module "sort". Clinton Falls, Putnam County 1922 Script error: No such module "convert". Little Walnut Creek Burr Arch Local legends claim this bridge is haunted.[4]
Eugene Bridge File:Eugenecoveredbridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Eugene, Vermillion County 1885 Script error: No such module "convert". Vermillion River Burr Arch
Forsythe Mill Bridge Forsythe Covered Bridge Script error: No such module "sort". Gowdy, Rush County 1888 Script error: No such module "convert". Big Flat Rock River Burr Arch Built by Emmett L. Kennedy
Guilford Bridge File:Guilford CB P4280297.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Guilford, Dearborn County 1879 Script error: No such module "convert". Burr Arch
Harry Evans Bridge Harry Evans Bridge Script error: No such module "sort". Coxville, Parke County 1908 Script error: No such module "convert". Rock Run Creek Burr Arch
Hillsdale Bridge Script error: No such module "sort". Dana, Vermillion County 1876 Script error: No such module "convert". Burr Arch
Holton Bridge File:OTTER CREEK COVERED BRIDGE RIPLEY COUNTY, INDIANA.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Holton, Ripley County 1884 Script error: No such module "convert". Otter Creek Howe truss
Script error: No such module "anchor". Houck Bridge File:Houck CB (Putnam Cty).JPG Script error: No such module "sort". Manhattan, Putnam County 1880[5] Script error: No such module "convert". Big Walnut Creek Howe truss Located at Script error: No such module "Coordinates".,[6] it is one of the longest Howe Truss bridges in the state.[7] The status of its name is unofficial.[8]
Huffman's Mill Bridge File:Huffman Mill Covered Bridge, eastern side.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Huffman, Spencer County 1884 Script error: No such module "convert". Anderson River Burr Arch
Irishman Bridge Script error: No such module "sort". Youngstown, Vigo County Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "convert". Fowler Lake, branch of Honey Creek Queen Post Second oldest and only remaining Queen Post covered bridge in the state
Jackson Bridge File:Jackson Bridge 2009.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Annapolis, Parke County 1861 Script error: No such module "convert". Sugar Creek Burr Arch Fifth oldest and longest single span covered bridge in the state
James Bridge File:James Bridge, Jennings Co., IN.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Lovett, Jennings County 1887 Script error: No such module "convert". Big Graham Creek Howe truss
Jeffries Ford Bridge File:Jeffriesfordbridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Bridgeton, Parke County 1915 Script error: No such module "convert". Big Raccoon Creek Burr Arch
Lancaster Bridge File:Lancastercoveredbridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Owasco, Carroll County 1872 Script error: No such module "convert". Wildcat Creek Howe truss
Leatherwood Station Bridge File:Leatherwood Station Covered Bridge BW.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Billie Creek Village, Rockville, Parke County 1899 Script error: No such module "convert". Burr Arch Located at Billie Creek Village.
Longwood Bridge Script error: No such module "sort". Connersville, Fayette County 1884 Script error: No such module "convert". Burr Arch
Mansfield Bridge File:Mansfield CB (Parke Cty).JPG Script error: No such module "sort". Mansfield, Parke County 1867 Script error: No such module "convert". Big Raccoon Creek Burr Arch Three spans, central roof was torn off by winds in the spring of 2006 and restored in 2007.
Marshall Bridge File:Marshall Bridge 2009.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Tangier, Parke County 1917 Script error: No such module "convert". Rush Creek Burr Arch
McAllister Bridge File:Mcallistercoveredbridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Catlin, Parke County 1914 Script error: No such module "convert". Little Raccoon Creek Burr Arch
Mecca Bridge File:Meccacoveredbridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Mecca, Parke County 1873 Script error: No such module "convert". Big Raccoon Creek Burr Arch
Medora Bridge File:Medora Covered Bridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Medora, Jackson County 1875 Script error: No such module "convert". East Fork, White River Burr Arch 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. Closed to all but pedestrian traffic since 1972, and is currently undergoing restoration.
Melcher Bridge File:Melchercoveredbridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Montezuma, Parke County 1896 Script error: No such module "convert". Leatherwood Creek Burr Arch
Mill Creek Bridge File:Millcreekcoveredbridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Tangier, Parke County 1907 Script error: No such module "convert". Mill Creek Burr Arch
Moscow Bridge File:Moscow Covered Bridge Rush Cty.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Moscow, Rush County 1886 (rebuilt 2010) Script error: No such module "convert". Big Flat Rock River Burr Arch Two spans, third longest covered bridge in the state; destroyed by a tornado in 2008, it has since been rebuilt.
Narrows Bridge File:Narrows Covered Bridge Turkey Run SP.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Marshall, Parke County 1882 Script error: No such module "convert". Sugar Creek Burr Arch Located on the east boundary of Turkey Run State Park.
Neet Bridge File:Neet Covered Bridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Catlin, Parke County 1904 Script error: No such module "convert". Little Raccoon Creek Burr Arch
Nevins Bridge File:Nevinscoveredbridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Catlin, Parke County 1920 Script error: No such module "convert". Little Raccoon Creek Burr Arch
New Brownsville Bridge File:Long Truss 033 31A New Brownsville Bridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Columbus, Bartholomew County 1840 Script error: No such module "convert". Mill Run Creek Long Truss Moved from Brownsville in Union County over the Whitewater River.
Newport Bridge File:Newport Covered Bridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Newport, Vermillion County 1885 Script error: No such module "convert". Little Vermillion River Burr Arch
Norris Ford Bridge File:Norris Ford Covered Bridge, eastern portal.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Rushville, Rush County 1916 Script error: No such module "convert". Big Flat Rock River Burr Arch
North Manchester Bridge File:North Manchester Covered Bridge, northern portal.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". North Manchester, Wabash County 1872 Script error: No such module "convert". Eel River Smith Type IV Truss
Oakalla Bridge Script error: No such module "sort". Greencastle, Putnam County 1875 Script error: No such module "convert". Big Walnut Creek Burr Arch
Old Red Bridge Script error: No such module "sort". Hickory Ridge, Gibson County 1875 Script error: No such module "convert". Big Bayou Creek Smith Type IV Truss
Pine Bluff Bridge File:Pinebluffbridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Carpentersville, Putnam County 1915 Script error: No such module "convert". Big Walnut Creek Howe truss
Phillips Bridge File:P4230106 Phillips.JPG Script error: No such module "sort". Montezuma, Parke County 1909 Script error: No such module "convert". Big Pond Creek King Post Shortest covered bridge in the state
Portland Mills Bridge File:Portlandmillsbridge1.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Guion, Parke County 1856 Script error: No such module "convert". Little Raccoon Creek Burr Arch Tied with Crooks Bridge as the fourth oldest covered bridge in the state.
Potter's Covered Bridge Potter's Covered Bridge Script error: No such module "sort". Noblesville, Hamilton County 1871 Script error: No such module "convert". West Fork, White River Howe truss
Ramp Creek Bridge File:Ramp Creek Covered Bridge(Brown Cty SP).jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Nashville, Brown County 1838 Script error: No such module "convert". Salt Creek Double Barreled Burr Arch Oldest and only two-lane covered bridge in the state; located at the entrance to Brown County State Park.
Richland Creek Bridge File:Richland-Plummer Creek Covered Bridge, southern side and eastern end.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Bloomfield, Greene County 1883 Script error: No such module "convert". Richland Creek Burr Arch Built by A.M. Kennedy and Sons
Roann Bridge File:CoveredBridge 1917 P4010051.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Roann, Wabash County 1872 Script error: No such module "convert". Eel River Howe truss
Rob Roy Bridge File:Rob Roy Bridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Rob Roy, Fountain County 1860 Script error: No such module "convert". Big Shawnee Creek Howe truss
Rolling Stone Bridge File:Rolling Stone CB.JPG Script error: No such module "sort". Bainbridge, Putnam County 1915 Script error: No such module "convert". Big Walnut Creek Burr Arch
Roseville-Coxville Bridge File:Rosevillecoveredbridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Coxville, Parke County 1910 Script error: No such module "convert". Big Raccoon Creek Burr Arch
Rush Creek Bridge File:Rushcreekcoveredbridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Tangier, Parke County 1904 Script error: No such module "convert". Rush Creek Burr Arch
Salem Crossing Bridge
File:Salem Crossing 1.jpg
 Script error: No such module "sort".Zionsville, Boone County 1972 ? Fishback Creek Howe truss
Sanatorium Bridge File:State Sanitorium Covered Bridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Rockville, Parke County 1913 Script error: No such module "convert". Little Raccoon Creek Burr Arch
Scipio Bridge File:Scipiocoveredbridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Scipio, Jennings County 1886 Script error: No such module "convert". Sand Creek Howe truss
Shieldstown Bridge File:Shieldstowncoveredbridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Shields, Jackson County 1876 Script error: No such module "convert". East Fork, White River Burr Arch
Sim Smith Bridge File:Sims Smith CB.JPG Script error: No such module "sort". Montezuma, Parke County 1883 Script error: No such module "convert". Leatherwood Creek Burr Arch
Smith Bridge Smith Covered Bridge Script error: No such module "sort". Rushville, Rush County 1877 Script error: No such module "convert". Big Flat Rock River Burr Arch
Snow Hill Bridge File:Snow Hill Covered Bridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Rockdale, Franklin County 1895 Script error: No such module "convert". Johnson Fork, Whitewater River Howe truss
South Hill Bridge Script error: No such module "sort". Universal, Vermillion County 1879 Script error: No such module "convert". Brouilletts Creek Burr Arch
Spencerville Covered Bridge Spencerville Covered Bridge Script error: No such module "sort". Spencerville, DeKalb County 1873 Script error: No such module "convert". St. Joseph River Howe truss
Stockheughter Bridge File:Stockheughter Covered Bridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Enochsburg, Franklin County 1887 Script error: No such module "convert". Salt Creek Howe truss
Thorpe Ford Bridge File:Thorpefordbridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Rosedale, Parke County 1912 Script error: No such module "convert". Big Raccoon Creek Burr Arch
Traders Point Bridge Script error: No such module "sort". Indianapolis, Marion County 1880 Script error: No such module "convert". Fishback Creek Howe truss
Vermont Bridge File:Vermontcoveredbridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Kokomo, Howard County 1875 Script error: No such module "convert". Kokomo Creek Smith Type IV Truss Moved from its original location to Highland Park in Kokomo.
Wallace Bridge File:Wallace CB (Fountain Cty Indiana).JPG Script error: No such module "sort". Wallace, Fountain County 1871 Script error: No such module "convert". Sugar Mill Creek Howe truss
West Union Bridge File:Westunionbridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". West Union, Parke County 1876 Script error: No such module "convert". Sugar Creek Burr Arch
Westport Bridge File:Westport Covered Bridge from the south.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Westport, Decatur County 1880 Script error: No such module "convert". Sand Creek Burr Arch
Wheeling Bridge File:Wheeling Bridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Wheeling, Gibson County 1877 Script error: No such module "convert". Patoka River Smith Type IV Truss
White Water Canal Aqueduct Bridge File:Whitewater Canal Covered Bridge Metamora, Rush Cty.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Metamora, Franklin County 1846 Script error: No such module "convert". Duck Creek Burr Arch Located on the east side of Metamora.
Wilkins Mill Bridge File:Wilkinsmillbridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Annapolis, Parke County 1906 Script error: No such module "convert". Sugar Mill Creek Burr Arch
Williams Bridge File:Williams CB (Lawrence Cty)Indiana.JPG Script error: No such module "sort". Williams, Lawrence County 1884 Script error: No such module "convert". East Fork, White River Howe truss Two spans, second longest covered bridge in the state
Zacke Cox Bridge File:Zacke Cox 2009.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Coxville, Parke County 1908 Script error: No such module "convert". Rock Run Creek Burr Arch

Nonextant

Name[2] Image Location
[2]<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A] 		Year built[2] Length Crosses Design Historical notes
Bell Ford Bridge File:Bell Ford Bridge.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Seymour, Jackson County 1869 Script error: No such module "convert". East Fork, White River Post Truss Western span collapsed in 1999, while the remaining eastern span collapsed in 2006. It was the fourth longest and fifth oldest covered bridge in the state.
Bridgeton Bridge (old) File:Bridgetoncoveredbridge1.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Bridgeton, Parke County 1868 Script error: No such module "convert". Big Raccoon Creek Burr Arch Destroyed by fire in April 2005.
Clinton Bridge File:Covered bridge in Clinton, Indiana, 1852 to 1899.jpg Script error: No such module "sort". Clinton, Vermillion County 1852 Script error: No such module "convert". Wabash River Four spans, removed in 1899

Notes

  • <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>A Sorting this column will result in bridges being listed in order by county.

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Parke County Chamber of Commerce
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme Publishing; 3rd edition (2004), pg 9
  3. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. ↑ Putnam County Convention & Visitors Bureau
  5. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  6. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  7. ↑ Indiana Gazetter and Atlas, Delorme Pub; Yarmouth, Maine
  8. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

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