Rush Creek Covered Bridge
Rush Creek Covered Bridge
Coordinates	39°53′55.54″N 87°18′52.75″W / 39.8987611°N 87.3146528°W / 39.8987611; -87.3146528
Carries	C.R. 900N
Crosses	Rush Creek
Locale	Parke, Indiana, United States
Official name	Rush Creek Covered Bridge
Named for	Rush Creek
Maintained by	Parke County
NBI Number	6100154[1]
Characteristics
Design	National Register of Historic Places
Total length	95 ft (29 m)77ft +9ft overhangs on each end
Width	16 ft (4.9 m)
Height	12.5 ft (3.8 m)
History
Constructed by	Hendricks, William
Built	1904
Rebuilt	1977
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	Parke County Covered Bridges TR
NRHP reference No.	78000410[2]
Added to NRHP	Dec 22, 1978
Location

The Rush Creek Covered Bridge is south of Tangier, Indiana. The single span Burr Arch covered bridge structure was built by William Hendricks in 1904.^[3][4]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.^[2]

This is the first of three bridges that would be built by William Hendricks. The other two are Wilkins Mill Covered Bridge, 1906, and Mill Creek Covered Bridge, 1907. All three are of similar construction with very shallow portals.

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  Rush Creek Covered Bridge, circa 1990

• List of Registered Historic Places in Indiana
• Parke County Covered Bridges
• Parke County Covered Bridge Festival

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