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Zacke Cox Covered Bridge
Coordinates	39°41′42.42″N 87°17′9.44″W
Carries	Tickridge Road
Crosses	Rock Run Creek
Locale	Parke, Indiana, United States
Official name	Zacke Cox Covered Bridge
Named for	Zachariah M. Cox
Maintained by	Parke County
NBI Number	6100051
Characteristics
Design	National Register of Historic Places
Total length	72 ft (22 m)54ft +9ft overhangs on each end
Width	15 ft (4.6 m)
Height	14 ft (4.3 m)
History
Constructed by	Britton, J.A.
Rebuilt	1989, 1991 $6,000, 2002
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	Parke County Covered Bridges TR
NRHP reference No.	78000416
Added to NRHP	Dec 22, 1978

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.

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

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.