Neet Covered Bridge

Neet Covered Bridge
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Coordinates39°42′6.2″N 87°11′52.75″W / 39.701722°N 87.1979861°W / 39.701722; -87.1979861
CrossesLittle Raccoon Creek
LocaleParke, Indiana, United States
Official nameNeet Covered Bridge
Other name(s)Dietrich Bridge
Named forJoseph W. Neet or Robert E. Detrich
Maintained byParke County
WGCB Number14-61-18 [1]
Characteristics
DesignNational Register of Historic Places
Total length144 ft (44 m)126ft +9ft overhangs on each end
Width16 ft (4.9 m)
Height14 ft (4.3 m)
History
Constructed byJ. J. Daniels
Built1904
MPSParke County Covered Bridges TR
NRHP reference No.78000405 [2]
Added to NRHPDec 22, 1978
Location
Map

The Neet Covered Bridge is a Burr Arch single span structure that was built by Joseph J. Daniels in 1904 over Little Raccoon Creek southwest of Rockville, Indiana.[3][4]

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

  1. ^ "Bridge Information".
  2. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  3. ^ "Neet Covered Bridge". Parke County Incorporated / Parke County Convention and Visitors Commission. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
  4. ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-06-01. Note: This includes Charles Felkner (December 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Parke County Covered Bridge Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-01., Site map, and Accompanying photographs.