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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.
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. On December 22, 1978, all covered bridges still standing within the county were part of the Parke County Covered Bridges TR Multiple Property Submission , and went on the National ...
Nov. 2—The Utica Mills Covered Bridge near Thurmont, one of Frederick County's three historic covered bridges, is closed until further notice as officials work to repair damage to the structure.
The Kreidersville Covered Bridge crosses the Hokendauqua Creek. A Burr truss, wooden, covered bridge, it is 116 feet long, and is the last stop on the Lehigh Valley Covered Bridge tour through Northampton and Lehigh counties. [2] [3] The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]
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The Old Mead Covered Bridge in Pittsford was destroyed by fire on July 22, 1971. The Twigg-Smith Covered Bridge in West Windsor was destroyed by wind in 2002. The Frank Lewis Covered Bridge in Woodstock was destroyed by Hurricane Irene on August 28, 2011. The Cedar Swamp Covered Bridge in Cornwall was destroyed by fire on September 10, 2016.
Sep. 11—Island celebrated the 150th anniversary of the wooden bridge on Saturday during the Wooden Bridge Festival. This is the first time in three years that the town has held the festival ...
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: Montezuma, Parke County: 1896 83 feet (25 m) Leatherwood Creek Burr Arch: Mill Creek Bridge