WayfarrowJackson Covered Bridge
Covered bridge · Parke County, Indiana
Jackson Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Parke County, Indiana, described in its record as place in Indiana listed on National Register of Historic Places. Indiana has 103 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 36 of them in Parke County.
It was built in 1861, in the Civil War era, making it the 9th oldest of the 87 in Indiana with a recorded construction date; it is about 207 feet long (6th longest of 44 measured in Indiana).
Status check, 2026-11: J.J. Daniels built this double Burr-arch bridge, Indiana's longest single-span covered bridge; it is 207 ft long, or 225 ft counting the 9 ft overhangs at each end, and was restored in 1977 and 2007. Jackson Covered Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 39.8800° N, 87.2824° W.
Key facts
| Current structure built | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Length | 207 ft |
| Heritage designation | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| National Register | Listed |
| Coordinates | 39.88003, -87.28240 |
Nearby places
- JH Russell Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Parke County · 1.4 mi
- Rush Creek Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Parke County · 2.1 mi
- Marshall Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Parke County · 2.3 mi
- Wilkins Mill Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Parke County · 2.9 mi
- Cox Ford Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Parke County · 3.1 mi
- Harrison Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Parke County · 3.3 mi
- West Union Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Parke County · 3.3 mi
- Pottertownghost town · Parke County · 3.6 mi
- Mill Creek Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Parke County · 4.6 mi
- Bowsher Ford Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Parke County · 5 mi
- Narrows Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Parke County · 5.2 mi
- Lusks Millsghost town · Parke County · 5.4 mi
Questions
Where is Jackson Covered Bridge?
Jackson Covered Bridge is in Parke County, Indiana, at 39.8800, -87.2824.
How many covered bridges are in Parke County?
Parke County, Indiana has 36 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.
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