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Rush Creek, Parke County

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Inventory Number: IN/14-61-31
Parke County Number: PC-30
County: Parke County
Township: Liberty
Town/Village: Tangier
Bridge Name: Rush Creek
Crosses: Rush Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 79' floor, 97' roofline
Roadway Width:
Built: 1904
Builder: William Hendricks
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N39 53.927
Longitude: W087 18.879
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 1.5 miles south of Tangier on CR425W, then 0.5 miles left on CR900N.

Rush Creek Bridge, Tangier, Parke County, IN Built 1904
Richard Donovan / Trish Kane Collection

Rush Creek Bridge, Tangier, Parke County, IN Built 1904
Dale J. Travis Photo

Rush Creek Bridge, Tangier, Parke County, IN Built 1904
Bob Sheldon Photo, July 22, 2012

Rush Creek Bridge, Liberty, Parke County, IN Built 1904
Bill & Jenn Caswell Photo, March 14, 2020

Comments:
[22/27-17N-8W]. 8-panel truss. This is one of three bridges known to have been built by William Hendricks in Parke County.

Sources:
Ketcham, Bryan E.. Covered Bridges on the Byways of Indiana, 1949, page 94
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/rushcreek.htm
Rau, Harold. A Guide to the Covered Bridges of Parke County, Indiana, 2016, pages 58-59
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 25

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