| Coordinates: | 39.7613°N -87.2066°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official Name: | Billie Creek Bridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Named For: | William's Creek | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carries: | Old U.S.36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Crosses: | William's Creek | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale: | East of Rockville, Adams Township, Parke County, Indiana | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maint: | Parke County Park Department | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Id: | 14-61-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Design: | Burr arch truss bridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Material: | Cut sandstone (foundations) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Material1: | Wood | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length: | (includes overhangs on each end) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number Spans: | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost: | $820 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Billie Creek Covered Bridge is a Burr Arch structure that was built by Joseph J. Daniels in 1895. J.L. Van Fossen supplied the sandstone that makes up the abutments cut from A.E. Fuel's nearby quarry.[1] [2]
This bridge was built to replace the open wooden bridge that had been built by famed bridge builder J.A. Britton, just 15 years earlier in 1880. It was built on what was then called the Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway, what would later become U.S. 36. The bridge was saved because it was later bypassed when the road was rebuilt.[3]
Billie Creek covered bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
After being bypassed by the main highway it would become a tourist attraction when it became part of Billie Creek Village where it is still open to vehicular traffic and only closed at busy times of the year for traffic control.[1]