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Billie Creek, Parke County

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Inventory Number: IN/14-61-19
Parke County Number: PC-39
County: Parke County
Township: Adams
Town/Village: Rockville
Bridge Name: Billie Creek
Crosses: Williams Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 62' floor, 78' roofline
Roadway Width:
Built: 1895
Builder: Joseph J. Daniels
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N39 45.687
Longitude: W087 12.392
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 1.3 miles east of jct US41 on US36 to Old 36 Rd. and Billie Creek Village on the right, then 0.3 miles to the bridge. East of Rockville.

Billie Creek Bridge, Adams, Parke County, IN Built 1895
© Lisa Plamondon

Billie Creek Bridge, Adams, Parke County, IN Built 1895
Robert Finnegan Photo, Richard Donovan/Trish Kane Collection

Billie Creek Bridge, Adams, Parke County, IN Built 1895
Dale J. Travis Photo

Billie Creek Bridge, Adams, Parke County, IN Built 1895
Traugott Keller Photograph, September 2, 1966, NSPCB Archives

Billie Creek Bridge, Adams, Parke County, IN Built 1895
Greg McDuffee Photo, November 13, 2019

Comments:
[8-15N-7W]. This bridge replaced an earlier one constructed by J.A. Britton in 1880. The earlier bridge is thought to have been an open one. Daniels and Britton both bid on the contract for the new bridge. It was awarded to J.J. Daniels with his bid of $820 compared to Britton’s $845. The abutments were constructed by J.L. Van Fossen of sandstone cut from A.E. Fuel’s quarry about a mile away.

Sources:
Ketcham, Bryan E.. Covered Bridges on the Byways of Indiana, 1949, page 120
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/billiecreek.htm
Rau, Harold. A Guide to the Covered Bridges of Parke County, Indiana, 2016, pages 14-15
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 23

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