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Phillips, Parke County

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Inventory Number: IN/14-61-12
Parke County Number: PC-22
County: Parke County
Township: Wabash
Town/Village: Montezuma
Bridge Name: Phillips
Crosses: Big Pond Creek AKA Rocky Run
Truss type: Multiple King
Spans: 1
Length: 43' floor, 61' roofline
Roadway Width:
Built: 1909
Builder: Joseph A. Britton
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N39 46.336
Longitude: W087 19.347
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 4.5 miles west of US41 in Rockville on US36, then 0.3 miles left CRW40N and 330’ left on Arabia Rd. Southeast of Montezuma.

Phillips Bridge, Wabash, Parke County, IN Built 1909
Greg McDuffee Photo, April 2, 2021

Phillips Bridge, Wabash, Parke County, IN Built 1909
Richard Donovan / Trish Kane Collection

Phillips Bridge, Wabash, Parke County, IN Built 1909
Dale J. Travis Photo

Comments:
[5-15N-8W]. The Phillips Bridge is the shortest of the covered bridges maintained by Parke County. It acquired that title in 1957 when the Weisner Bridge washed away. A steel beem supports the downstream truss.

Sources:
Ketcham, Bryan E.. Covered Bridges on the Byways of Indiana, 1949, page 112
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/phillips.htm
Rau, Harold. A Guide to the Covered Bridges of Parke County, Indiana, 2016, pages 52-53
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 22

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