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Parke County Covered Bridge Festival. The Parke County Covered Bridge Festival is a fall festival which takes place in nine communities in Parke County, Indiana, United States. It celebrates the county's 31 covered bridges, and is attended by more than 2 million people each year. It begins on the second Friday in October and lasts 10 days.
Examples of truss construction on covered bridges include Howe, Town Lattice, Queen-post, King-post, Haupt, Burr, Brown and Pratt. Of the existing historic covered bridges in Alabama, the Gilliland-Reese Covered Bridge and the Old Union Crossing Covered Bridge are classified as non-authentic based on their current construction. Name. Image.
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.
Oct. 15—With 31 covered bridges scattered throughout Parke County in locations as disparate as Turkey Run State Park and Little Raccoon Creek, it's the ideal location for a covered bridge festival.
The Parke County Indiana Covered Bridge Festival kicked off Oct. 14. Here's all the detail you need to know if you want to attend.
Covered Bridges of the Delaware River Watershed TR. NRHP reference No. 80003552 [1] Added to NRHP. December 1, 1980. Bogert Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge located at Allentown, Pennsylvania. It is a 145-foot-long (44 m), Burr Truss bridge, constructed in 1841. It has vertical plank siding and a gable roof.
Billie Creek Village was a 70-acre open-air living history museum and park, filled with 38 historical buildings and structures, and hundreds of antiques and artifacts. It is located at 39.7614298°N 87.2019582°W near Rockville, Adams Township, Parke County, Indiana in the area known as the "Covered Bridge Capital of the World" for the county's ...
Brandywine Creek. State of Delaware. Burr. Original bridge burned in 1961. Wooddale Bridge [1] New Castle. Wooddale. 39°45′57″N 75°38′14″W / 39.76583°N 75.63722°W / 39.76583; -75.63722 (Wooddale Bridge) ca. 1850, rebuilt 2008.