Conleys Ford Bridge 1906                                            WGN 14-61-02                                 Map Quest Location

Between Mansfield and Bridgeton ,IN

This is the only bridge in Parke County built of Pine.

Others are mostly poplar wood.

It was built by J. L. Van Fossen and his father, who worked

for the Parke County Highway Department.

It is a Burr Arch Double Span bridge, 192 feet long, and

crosses the Big Raccoon Creek.

And is on the National Register of Historical Places. 1978

  

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