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Crooks, Parke County

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Inventory Number: IN/14-61-17
Parke County Number: PC-12
County: Parke County
Township: Adams
Town/Village: Rockville
Bridge Name: Crooks
Crosses: Little Raccoon Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 132' floor, 154' roofline
Roadway Width:
Built: 1855
Builder: Henry Wolf
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N39 43.445
Longitude: W087 11.371
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: From the Neet Bridge (14-61-18) continue north on Bridgeton Rd. 1.3 miles to Wimmer Rd. (CR121), then 0.6 miles right to the bridge on the right. Southeast of Rockville.

Crooks Bridge, Adams, Parke County, IN Built 1855
© Lisa Plamondon

Crooks Bridge, Adams, Parke County, IN Built 1855
Richard Donovan / Trish Kane Collection

Crooks Bridge, Adams, Parke County, IN Built 1855
Dale J. Travis Photo

Crooks Bridge, Adams, Parke County, IN Built 1855
Todd Clark Collection

Crooks Bridge, Adams, Parke County, IN Built 1855
Traugott Keller Photograph, September 1, 1966, NSPCB Archives

Crooks Bridge, Adams, Parke County, IN Built 1855
Bill & Jenn Caswell Photo, November 14, 2019

Comments:
[21-15N-7W]. 16-panel truss. This is the oldest covered bridge still standing in Parke County. It was built in 1856 just upstream from Parkers Mill. The road leading to the bridge was abandoned in 1863 and the bridge forgotten. One account states that the bridge was relocated several years later by General Arthur Patterson or J.J. Daniels possibly to a site less prone to flooding. The relocated bridge sat alone for years before the new road to it was constructed earning it a nickname of the “Lost Bridge”. Other stories indicate that it was washed downstream to the present location and roads constructed to it or that it was moved after the river changed course. Rebuilt 1967.

Source:
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 23

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