BILLIE CREEK COVERED BRIDGE

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The Billie Creek Covered Bridge crosses Williams Creek, in Billie Creek Village, Parke County. This single span Burr Arch Truss structure has a length of 62 feet, or 78 feet including the 8-foot overhang at each end, with portals that are 15 feet wide by 12 feet 6 inches high. Joseph J. Daniel built the Billie Creek Covered Bridge in 1895, and though no historical marker is present, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Billie Creek Covered Bridge is listed in the 1989 "World Guide to Covered Bridges," published by The National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges, Inc., as #14-61-19; however, the designation used by Parke County officials is #14-61-39 ...in the February 1938 "Indiana History Bulletin" Robert B. Yule and Richard C. Smith assigned the designation "fw" to this Covered Timber Bridge located in Section 8, Townships 15 North, and Range 7 West, about 1/2 a mile east of Rockville.

• Covered Bridge Project Resources

• Regarding Covered Bridge Designations

• Billie Creek Village

• PCI, Covered Bridge Capital

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