Crooks Covered Bridge

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Crooks Covered Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Crooks Covered Bridge (Indiana)
Crooks Covered Bridge
Nearest city: Bridgeton, Indiana
Coordinates: 39°43′26.91″N 87°11′21.23″W / 39.7241417, -87.1892306Coordinates: 39°43′26.91″N 87°11′21.23″W / 39.7241417, -87.1892306
Built/Founded: 1856
Architect: Gen. Arthur Patterson
Architectural style(s): Other
Added to NRHP: December 22, 1978
NRHP Reference#: 78000391 [1]
MPS: Parke County Covered Bridges TR
Governing body: Local

The Crooks Covered Bridge is a single span Burr Arch Truss structure that crosses Little Raccoon Creek on County Road South 275 East, just southeast of Rockville Indiana. The Bridge has a length of 154 feet, including the 11-foot overhang at each end, is 14 feet wide and 13 feet high. Built in 1855-1856[2] by Henry Wolf.


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  1. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  2. ^ Parke County - Covered Bridge Capital of the World
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