Mecca Covered Bridge Explained

Mecca Covered Bridge
Official Name:Mecca Covered Bridge
Coordinates:39.7291°N -87.3249°W
Locale:Mecca, Indiana, Parke, Indiana, United States
Carries:Closed to vehicle traffic
Crosses:Big Raccoon Creek, Indiana
Id Type:WGCB Number
Id:
  1. 14-61-13[1]
Design:National Register of Historic Places
Length:176feet150ft +13ft overhangs on each end
Width:17feet
Height:12.5feet
Built:1873
Cost:Original Cost $7,650
Rebuilt:1980
Extra:
Embed:yes
Added:Dec 22, 1978
Refnum:78000401
Mpsub:Parke County Covered Bridges TR

The Mecca Covered Bridge crossing Big Raccoon Creek East of Mecca, Indiana is a single span Burr Arch Truss covered bridge structure that was built by J. J. Daniels in 1873. The bridge is long, wide, and high.[2] [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bridge Information.
  2. Web site: Mecca Covered Bridge (#21) . coveredbridges.com . Parke County Incorporated / Parke County Convention and Visitors Commission . 2012-10-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120419094513/http://www.coveredbridges.com/index.php/poi_detail?poiID=46 . 2012-04-19 .
  3. Web site: Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) . Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology . Searchable database. 2016-06-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Parke County Covered Bridge Historic District. 2016-06-01. Charles Felkner. December 1977. and Site map.