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Jackson Covered Bridge (Indiana)
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The Jackson Covered Bridge also known as the Rockport Covered Bridge is located in the 'forgotten town' of Rockport, northwest of Bloomingdale
Parke County, Indiana, USA
. It was built by Joseph J. Daniels in 1861. Crossing the Sugar Creek, on county road 83 at the intersection with county roads 25 and 232, it is a single span Double Burr Arch Truss covered bridge
structure that is 207 feet (63.1 m) long, 16 feet (4.9 m) wide, and 18 feet (5.5 m) high, built on a base of hewn stone. It is the longest single span covered bridge in Indiana.
Built during the American Civil War
it was named after Andrew Jackson
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Bloomingdale, Indiana
Bloomingdale is a town in Penn Township, Parke County, Indiana, United States. The population was 335 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Bloomingdale is located at ....
Parke County, Indiana, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It was built by Joseph J. Daniels in 1861. Crossing the Sugar Creek, on county road 83 at the intersection with county roads 25 and 232, it is a single span Double Burr Arch Truss covered bridge
Covered bridge
A covered bridge is a bridge with enclosed sides and a roof, often accommodating only a single lane of traffic. Most covered bridges are wooden; some newer ones are concrete or metal with glass sides...
structure that is 207 feet (63.1 m) long, 16 feet (4.9 m) wide, and 18 feet (5.5 m) high, built on a base of hewn stone. It is the longest single span covered bridge in Indiana.
Built during the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
it was named after Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...
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See also
- List of Registered Historic Places in Indiana
- Parke County Covered BridgesParke County Covered BridgesThe covered bridges of Parke County are well-known tourist attractions in Parke County, Indiana, United States, which touts itself as the "Covered Bridge Capital of the World". The county has more covered bridges than any other county in the United States...
- Parke County Covered Bridge FestivalParke County Covered Bridge FestivalThe Parke County Covered Bridge Festival is a fall festival which takes place in nine communities in Parke County, Indiana. It celebrates the county's 31 covered bridges, and is attended by more than 2 million people each year...