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Parke County, Indiana, west of Indianapolis on U.S. 36, once claimed 51½ covered bridges, with the half representing the eastern portion of a covered bridge spanning the Wabash River into ...
Parke County Covered Bridge Festival And Christmas Market Parke County celebrates its covered bridges in grand style with Indiana's largest festival: the Parke County Covered Bridge Festival. Held ...
This covered bridge loop trail spans six Indiana counties and will take you by nine old bridges. The Parke County Covered Bridge Festival is the largest festival in Indiana. For all things fall, this ...
Most covered bridges in Parke County including the 245-foot Bridgeton Bridge are of Burr Arch construction developed in the early 1800s by Theodore Burr. David and Kay Scott ...
All the other old covered bridges are in what I call central Indiana, which is a line across Indianapolis then extends for about 70 miles both north and south of Indianapolis.
Around $1.45 million was allotted to the bridge, which was constructed in Texas and shipped to the borough. While covered ...
Vermont is known for covered bridges, waterfalls, and scenic lakes. Find them all at Indiana's Lieber State Recreation Area.
Covered bridges have long symbolized rural charm, but their numbers are dwindling. In Prestonsburg, Kentucky, a school ...
Called "Indiana's largest festival," the Parke County Covered Bridge Festival kicks off Friday Oct. 14. The festival runs through Oct. 23. The 10-day festival always begins on the second Friday in ...
COVINGTON, Indiana — A preservation group is working to raise money toward repairing two wooden covered bridges in western Indiana that date to the 1800s. A leader of the Fountain County ...
Today in Illinois, only six covered bridges remain. Mostly nestled in out-of-the-way rural locales, many have become indelible landmarks of their nearby communities and neighborhoods.