The Zacke Cox Covered Bridge is east of Mecca, Indiana. The single span Burr Arch Truss covered bridge structure was built by Joseph A. Britton in 1908.[4][5]
Zacke Cox Covered Bridge | |
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 Zacke Cox Covered Bridge | |
| Coordinates | 39°41′42.42″N 87°17′9.44″W / 39.6951167°N 87.2859556°W |
| Carries | Tickridge Road |
| Crosses | Rock Run Creek |
| Locale | Parke, Indiana, United States |
| Official name | Zacke Cox Covered Bridge |
| Named for | Zachariah M. Cox |
| Maintained by | Parke County |
| NBI Number | 6100051[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | National Register of Historic Places |
| Total length | 72 ft (22 m)54ft +9ft overhangs on each end |
| Width | 15 ft (4.6 m)[2] |
| Height | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| History | |
| Constructed by | Britton, J.A. |
| Built | 1908 |
| Rebuilt | 1989, 1991 $6,000, 2002 |
| MPS | Parke County Covered Bridges TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 78000416[3] |
| Added to NRHP | December 22, 1978 |
| Location | |
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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[3]
History edit
Zachariah M. Cox was born in almost due north of this bridge in Coloma in 1857. His father was E.T. Cox and his family was quite prominent in Parke County with various family members owning nearly 1000 acres of land near the bridge.
Northwest of the mine is an old clay strip mine and coal and slate outcroppings can be viewed south of the bridge.
This bridge, along with the Harry Evans Covered Bridge and the Weisner Covered Bridge, all built by J.A. Britton, lack the traditional Britton Portals. Instead, they have a more semi-arched portal that more resembles the Hendricks Portals of the Wilkins Mill Covered Bridge or the Rush Creek Covered Bridge.[4][6]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Bridge Information". LTBP InfoBridge. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ^ "Zacke Cox Covered Bridge (#20)". Parke County Convention & Visitors Commission. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b "Zacke Cox Covered Bridge". Parke County Incorporated / Parke County Convention and Visitors Commission. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved June 1, 2016. Note: This includes Charles Felkner (December 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Parke County Covered Bridge Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved June 1, 2016., Site map, and Accompanying photographs.
- ^ "The Wilkins Mill Bridge". Indiana Covered Bridge Society. Retrieved June 30, 2021.