Billie Creek Covered Bridge

Billie Creek Covered Bridge
Western portal and northern side
Coordinates 39°45′40.51″N 87°12′23.67″W / 39.7612528°N 87.2065750°W / 39.7612528; -87.2065750Coordinates: 39°45′40.51″N 87°12′23.67″W / 39.7612528°N 87.2065750°W / 39.7612528; -87.2065750
Carries Old U.S.36
Crosses William's Creek
Locale East of Rockville,
Adams Township, Parke County, Indiana
Official name Billie Creek Bridge
Named for William's Creek
Maintained by Parke County Park Department
WGCB # 14-61-19[1]
Characteristics
Design Burr arch truss bridge
Material Cut sandstone (foundations)
Trough construction Wood
Total length

78 ft (24 m)

62ft +8 ft (2.4 m) overhangs on each end
Width 15 ft (4.6 m)
No. of spans 1
Clearance above 12.5 ft (3.8 m)
History
Construction cost $820
Billie Creek Covered Bridge (#39)
Location of Billie Creek Covered Bridge
Location of Billie Creek Covered Bridge
Location of Billie Creek Covered Bridge
Built 1895
Built by J. J. Daniels
Website Billie Creek Covered Bridge (#39)
Part of Parke County Covered Bridges TR (#64000193)
NRHP reference # 78000384 [2]
Added to NRHP December 22, 1978

The Billie Creek Covered Bridge is a Burr Arch structure that was built by Joseph J. Daniels in 1895. J.L. Van Fossen supplied the sandstone that makes up the abutments cut from A.E. Fuel's nearby quarry.[1][3]

History

This bridge was built to replace the open wooden bridge that had been built by famed bridge builder J.A. Britton, just 15 years earlier in 1880. It was built on what was then called the Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway, what would later become U.S. 36. The bridge was saved because it was later bypassed when the road was rebuilt.[4]

Billie Creek covered bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[2]

After being bypassed by the main highway it would become a tourist attraction when it became part of Billie Creek Village where it is still open to vehicular traffic and only closed at busy times of the year for traffic control.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 http://www.indianacrossings.org/bridgeLinks/14-61-19.html
  2. 1 2 National Park Service (January 23, 2007). "National Register Information System – Billie Creek Covered Bridge (#39) (#78000384)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Billie Creek Covered Bridge (#39)". Parke County Incorporated / Parke County Convention and Visitors Commission. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
  4. ↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-06-01. Note: This includes Charles Felkner (December 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Parke County Covered Bridge Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-01. , Site map, and Accompanying photographs.


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