MELCHER COVERED BRIDGE

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The Melcher Covered Bridge, also known as the Klondyke Covered Bridge, crosses Leatherwood Creek on County Road 160 North in Parke County. This single span Burr Arch Truss structure has a length of 83 feet, or 97 feet including the 7-foot overhang at each end, is 16 feet wide and 12 feet 6 inches high. Built in 1896 by Joseph J. Daniels, a restoration of the structure was completed in 1995 and it was listed on the Register of Historic Places in 1978. Melcher 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 #14-61-26; however, the designation used by Parke County officials is #14-61-24 ... in the February 1938 "Indiana History Bulletin" Robert B. Yule and Richard C. Smith assigned the designation "pe" to this Covered Timber Bridge located in Section 31, Township 16 North, and Range 8 West, 1-1/2 miles east of Montezuma.

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