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
Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks.
Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates) ...
that makes up the abutments cut from A.E. Fuel's nearby quarry.
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.
[ ''Note:'' This includes ]
Site map
and Accompanying photographs.
Billie Creek covered bridge was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1978.
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.
See also
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List of Registered Historic Places in Indiana
*
Parke County Covered Bridges The covered bridges of Parke County are well-known tourist attractions in Parke County, Indiana, United States, which touts itself as the "Covered Bridge Capital of the World". The county claims to have more covered bridges than any other county in ...
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Parke County Covered Bridge Festival
References
External links
Parke County Covered Bridge Festival*
Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Parke County, Indiana
Bridges completed in 1895
Bridges Built by J. J. Daniels
Wooden bridges in Indiana
Burr Truss bridges in the United States
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