Zacke Cox Covered Bridge

The Zacke Cox Covered Bridge is east of Mecca, Indiana. The single span Burr Arch Truss covered bridge structure was built by Joseph A. Britton in 1908.[4][5]

Zacke Cox Covered Bridge
Zacke Cox Covered Bridge
Coordinates39°41′42.42″N 87°17′9.44″W
CarriesTickridge Road
CrossesRock Run Creek
LocaleParke, Indiana, United States
Official nameZacke Cox Covered Bridge
Named forZachariah M. Cox
Maintained byParke County
NBI Number6100051[1]
Characteristics
DesignNational Register of Historic Places
Total length72 ft (22 m)54ft +9ft overhangs on each end
Width15 ft (4.6 m)[2]
Height14 ft (4.3 m)
History
Constructed byBritton, J.A.
Built1908
Rebuilt1989, 1991 $6,000, 2002
MPSParke County Covered Bridges TR
NRHP reference No.78000416[3]
Added to NRHPDecember 22, 1978
Location

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[3]

History

Zachariah M. Cox was born in almost due north of this bridge in Coloma in 1857. His father was E.T. Cox and his family was quite prominent in Parke County with various family members owning nearly 1000 acres of land near the bridge.

Northwest of the mine is an old clay strip mine and coal and slate outcroppings can be viewed south of the bridge.

This bridge, along with the Harry Evans Covered Bridge and the Weisner Covered Bridge, all built by J.A. Britton, lack the traditional Britton Portals. Instead, they have a more semi-arched portal that more resembles the Hendricks Portals of the Wilkins Mill Covered Bridge or the Rush Creek Covered Bridge.[4][6]

See also

References
  1. "Bridge Information". LTBP InfoBridge. U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  2. "Zacke Cox Covered Bridge (#20)". Parke County Convention & Visitors Commission. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  4. "Zacke Cox Covered Bridge". Parke County Incorporated / Parke County Convention and Visitors Commission. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  5. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved June 1, 2016. Note: This includes Charles Felkner (December 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Parke County Covered Bridge Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved June 1, 2016., Site map, and Accompanying photographs.
  6. "The Wilkins Mill Bridge". Indiana Covered Bridge Society. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
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