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This is a list of Indiana covered bridges. There are 98 historic wooden covered bridges in the U.S. state of Indiana. Fourteen of these were built before 1870 and represent the most common truss styles in Indiana. Parke County bills itself as the covered bridge capital of the world. [1]
Name Image Built Listed Location County Type 4th Roann Covered Bridge: 1877 1981-08-06 Roann: Wabash: Howe Truss: Adams Mill Covered Bridge: 1872, 1900, ca. 1937
The Kapellbrücke (literally, Chapel Bridge) is a covered wooden footbridge spanning the river Reuss diagonally in the city of Lucerne in central Switzerland.Named after the nearby St. Peter's Chapel, [1] the bridge is unique in containing a number of interior paintings dating back to the 17th century, although many of them were destroyed along with a larger part of the centuries-old bridge in ...
Founded in 1848 by abolitionist Baptist Church members, Eleutherian College was the first college in Indiana to admit students regardless of race or gender. The Chapel building was completed in 1854 and is the last structure remaining. [20] 14: First Baptist Church: First Baptist Church
Wabash River Bridge Bypassed Whipple truss: 1887 1974 SR 316 (former) Wabash River: Vera Cruz: Wells: IN-23: Mill Creek Bridge Extant Pratt truss: 1885 1981 CR 253 (South Alton Road) Mill Creek Alton: Crawford
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 ...
While the men finished the work on the bridge, and for years afterward, many claimed to hear knocks and screams from inside the pylon. Decades later, when the bridge was torn down, there were a number of sightings of a man wandering along the tracks trying to flag down trains. [1] [2] The haunted bridge is on the official seal to Avon, Indiana ...
Two-Story Log House built as a "landscape companion" to the Chapel. The two-storey log building was built as a "landscape companion" to the Chapel just south of it. The building was built with logs salvaged from two older buildings. [6] It is believed to have been built by Rose Howe after her return from Europe in 1874.