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Crooks Covered Bridge 14-61-17

Parke County, Indiana

Photos 

Side view

Photo taken Sept. 2005 by Tom Hall

BH Photo #102896

Map 

Video 

Crooks Covered Bridge

video by Mike Daffron

Facts 

Overview
Covered bridge over Little Raccoon Creek on CR225E
Location
Parke County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1856, rebuilt 1867
Builder
- Henry Wolf
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 132.8 ft.
Total length: 154.8 ft.
Deck width: 12.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.72428, -87.18967   (decimal degrees)
39°43'27" N, 87°11'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/483745/4397172 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Catlin
Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
61
Inventory numbers
INNBI 6100070 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
WGCB 14-61-17 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 78000391 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 16806 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of April 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

19th Century (8,406)
Built 1856 (41)
Built during 1850s (494)
Burr arch-truss (449)
Covered (1,990)
Henry Wolf (8)
Indiana (5,098)
Little Raccoon Creek (Parke County, Indiana) (6)
NR-listed (3,014)
One-lane traffic (7,840)
Open (40,970)
 Owned by county (21,616)
Parke County, Indiana (93)
Select (531)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,423)
Structurally deficient (12,877)
Sufficiency rating zero (192)
Through truss (16,833)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,190)
Truss (35,522)
Wooden deck (6,163)

Update Log 

  • April 21, 2020: New photos from John Christeson
  • January 19, 2020: New video from Mike Daffron
  • November 24, 2019: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • June 18, 2018: New photo from Linda Daffron
  • May 27, 2018: New photo from Mike Daffron
  • June 14, 2017: New photo from Tom Phelan
  • March 8, 2010: New photos from James McCray
  • January 18, 2010: New photos from Anthony Dillon
  • December 8, 2009: New photos from J.P.
  • January 6, 2009: New photos from Sean Flynn
  • November 13, 2006: Posted photos from Tom Hall

Sources 

  • Tom Hall - thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com
  • Sean Flynn
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Wikipedia
  • Tom Phelan - thomasp335 [at] aol [dot] com
  • Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Linda Daffron
  • John Christeson - john_christeson [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Comments 

Crooks Covered Bridge 14-61-17
Posted May 27, 2022, by Roy Kreutler (roykreutler14 [at] gmail [dot] com)

I believe it was General Authur Patterson who rebuilt this bridge in 1867 following a flood. I know all of Wolfe's Bridges being built with horizontal siding, not the vertical siding you see on the bridge today.