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Zacke Cox, Parke County

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Inventory Number: IN/14-61-11
Parke County Number: PC-20
County: Parke County
Township: Florida
Town/Village: Coxville
Bridge Name: Zacke Cox
Crosses: Rock Run
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 59' floor, 72' roofline
Roadway Width:
Built: 1908
Builder: Joseph A. Britton
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N39 41.707
Longitude: W087 17.158
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 6.9 miles south of US36 in Rockville on US41, then 4.2 miles left on Coxville Rd. then 3.6 miles left on CR325W and 0.4 miles right on Tickridge Rd. North of Coxville.

Zacke Cox Bridge, Florida, Parke County, IN Built 1908
© Lisa Plamondon

Zacke Cox Bridge, Florida, Parke County, IN Built 1908
Richard Donovan / Trish Kane Collection

Zacke Cox Bridge, Florida, Parke County, IN Built 1908
Greg McDuffee Photo, November 15, 2019

Zacke Cox Bridge, Florida, Parke County, IN Built 1908
Bill & Jenn Caswell Photo, March 14, 2020

Comments:
6-panel truss. This bridge was named for Zachariah Cox who, along with other members of the Cox family, owned abut 1,000 acres around the bridge. The bridge was built under the same contract as the Harry Evans Bridge. The bridge was restored in 2002.

Sources:
Ketcham, Bryan E.. Covered Bridges on the Byways of Indiana, 1949, page 113
Gould, George E.. Indiana's Covered Bridges Thru the Years, 1977
County History Preservation Society (no longer accessible). Covered Bridges of Indiana, 2002, http://www.countyhistory.com/coveredbridge/parke/zackecox.htm
Rau, Harold. A Guide to the Covered Bridges of Parke County, Indiana, 2016, pages 70-71
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 22

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