The famous Bridgeton Covered Bridge in Indiana

The Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers at Bridgeton Covered Bridge and small dam in Parke County, Indiana September 4-6, 2013

The first Bridgeton Covered Bridge was a 245-foot long double span Burr Arch bridge built in 1868 by a crew led by J.J. Daniels. The bridge was closed to traffic in 1968. The first Bridgeton Covered Bridge was burned by an arsonist on April 28, 2005, but in 2006 the community rallied to raise funds for local craftsmen to build a new bridge based on the original blueprints. The new Bridgeton Covered Bridge was a highlight of the Parke County 50th Covered Bridge Festival. The internet says the covered bridge is 267 feet long. (The postcards say 245).


Below: Karen Duquette at the top of the stairs leading to the Bridgeton Covered Bridge, the most famous covered bridge in Indiana.

Below: Karen Duquette walked to the small platform beside the Bridgeton Covered Bridge to take photos of the dam, the waters below the dam, and the Bridgeton Mill.

Below: The dam is 9 feet tall and 225 feet long. The dam is covered end to end only during high water.


Below: Small trickles of water coming out of the edge of the dam located just below the platform that Karen Duquette was standing on - and a view of people fishing.


Below: The back side of the Bridgeton Covered Bridge

Below: Then the two RV Gypsies to walked through to the other side of the Bridgeton Covered Bridge.

Below: Karen Duquette peeked through the window of the Bridgeton Covered Bridge - then as she exited the bridge on the other side, she took a photo of the writings on the bridge.

Below: A beautiful, old pickup truck with a really great painting of the Bridgeton Covered Bridge and Mill on its door.

Below: The front side of the Bridgeton Mill, gift shop and ice cream store.

Below: A look back at the Bridgeton Covered Bridge, dam, waters, and the truck of the two RV Gypsies as seen from the patio of the ice cream store- plus a zoomed in look at the bridge.

Below: A map of the Parke County Covered Bridges	Below: An old antique inside the gift shop of the Bridgeton Mill

Below: Inside the Bridgeton Mill gift shop

Below: A mill still in use

Below: One of several chairs with different designs that were simply amazing.	Below: flowers and corn deco outside the gift shop


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The Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers at Bridgeton Covered Bridge and small dam in Parke County, Indiana September 4-6, 2013

Below: Karen Duquette at the top of the stairs leading to the Bridgeton Covered Bridge, the most famous covered bridge in Indiana.

Below: Karen Duquette walked to the small platform beside the Bridgeton Covered Bridge to take photos of the dam, the waters below the dam, and the Bridgeton Mill.

Below: The dam is 9 feet tall and 225 feet long. The dam is covered end to end only during high water.

Below: Small trickles of water coming out of the edge of the dam located just below the platform that Karen Duquette was standing on - and a view of people fishing.

Below: The back side of the Bridgeton Covered Bridge

Below: Then the two RV Gypsies to walked through to the other side of the Bridgeton Covered Bridge.

Below: Karen Duquette peeked through the window of the Bridgeton Covered Bridge - then as she exited the bridge on the other side, she took a photo of the writings on the bridge.

Below: A beautiful, old pickup truck with a really great painting of the Bridgeton Covered Bridge and Mill on its door.

Below: The front side of the Bridgeton Mill, gift shop and ice cream store.

Below: A look back at the Bridgeton Covered Bridge, dam, waters, and the truck of the two RV Gypsies as seen from the patio of the ice cream store- plus a zoomed in look at the bridge.

Below: A map of the Parke County Covered Bridges

Below: An old antique inside the gift shop of the Bridgeton Mill

Below: Inside the Bridgeton Mill gift shop

Below: A mill still in use

Below: One of several chairs with different designs that were simply amazing.

Below: flowers and corn deco outside the gift shop

Menu for the two RV Gypsies in Indiana, 2013 You may visit these four (4) sites in any order you choose. There is also a link to Ohio and a full navigational menu below.

Indiana's most famous covered bridge (this page)

other Covered Bridges in Parke County, IN

Thousand Trails campground

Kayaking Sugar Valley

AFTER you have enjoyed all four sites above, please continue on to Ohio, the Big Twig Maze Sculpture Thing, the Carillon Bell Tower, Cedar Point Amusement Park, Cuyahoga NP, and more.

OR

Continue Navigation in the order of your choice via the alphabetical or category buttons below

OR Click here to see travels by the year (not the best way)

The Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers
at Bridgeton Covered Bridge and small dam
in Parke County, Indiana
September 4-6, 2013

Below: A map of the Parke County
Covered Bridges

Below: An old antique inside the gift shop
of the Bridgeton Mill

Below: One of several chairs with different designs
that were simply amazing.

Below: flowers and corn deco
outside the gift shop

Menu for the two RV Gypsies in Indiana, 2013
You may visit these four (4) sites in any order you choose.
There is also a link to Ohio and a full navigational menu below.

Continue Navigation in the order of your choice
via the alphabetical or category buttons below