Indiana, The Bridges of Park County

Kay and I drove to Rockville, Park County, Indiana, to find as many Covered Bridges as the day would let us.  Rockville is about 80 miles south west of Monticello, where our campsite is.  Anyway, here is what we found.  Enjoy

Rockville, Park county, Indiana

 Lancaster Bridge

 Lancaster Bridge Interior

 Adams Mill Bridge  Built in 1872 over Wild Cat Creek.  144 feet long, located on CR E 75 S  The bridge had a complete restoration in 1999 at a cost of $686,000.

 Adams Mill Bridge interior.

Crooks Bridge  Built in 1856 over Little Raccoon Creek. 132 feet long, located on Wimmer Road

 Crooks Bridge Interior

 Crooks Bridge Side

McAllister Bridge  Built in 1914 over Little Raccoon Creek.  126 feet long, located on CR 400 S.

   Neet Bridge  Built in 1904 over Little Raccoon Creek.  126 feet long, located on Bridgeton Road. Bypassed in 1996.

   Bridgeton Bridge  rebuilt in 2006 over Big Raccoon Creek.  245 feet long, located in Bridgeton.  Built to replace original bridge burned by arson in 2005.

 Bridgeton Bridge Side View

   Roseville Bridge  Built in 1910 over Big Raccoon Creek.  65 feet long, located on CR 325 W

Roseville Bridge  side view.

Roseville Bridge  Built in 1910 over Big Raccoon Creek.  65 feet long, located on CR 325 W

Roseville Bridge side view.

   Zacke Cox Bridge  Built in 1908 over Rock Run Creek.  54 feet long, located on Tick Ridge Road.

   Marshall Bridge  Built in 1861 over Sugar Creek.  207 feet long, located on Bloomingdale Road.

Kay taking a picture of me sitting in the truck.

   Thorpe Ford Bridge  Built in 1912 over Big Raccoon Creek.  163 feet long, located on Catlin Road.

Thorpe Ford Bridge  interior

Thorpe Ford Bridge construction

Thorpe Ford Bridge construction

   West Union Bridge built in 1876 over Sugar Creek. Tow Path Road. Bypassed in 1964.

West Union Bridge Side

Rush Creek Bridge Built in 1904 over Rush Creek. 77 feet long, located on CR 900 N

Harry Evens Bridge Built in 1908 over Rock Run Creek. 65 feet long, located on CR 325 W

The next four pictures show the typical consturction of a covered bridge.

I hope you have enjoyed our trip through the covered bridges as much as we did.