Houck Covered Bridge

This is a list of Indiana covered bridges. There are 98 historic wooden covered bridges in the U.S. state of Indiana. Fourteen of these bridges were built before 1870 and represent the most common truss styles in Indiana.

Parke County bills itself as the covered bridge capital of the world. Combined with six counties that surround it, there are 51 of Indiana’s 98 covered bridges in this small area: Parke County, Putnam County, Fountain County, Vermillion County, Montgomery County, Owen County and Vigo County. The majority, 54, are Burr Arch truss designs, while the next most common truss style is a Howe truss with 23.