Mecca Covered Bridge

{{Short description|Place in Indiana listed on National Register of Historic Places}}

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{{Infobox bridge

| name = Mecca Covered Bridge

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| official_name = Mecca Covered Bridge

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| named_for = Mecca, Indiana

| image = Mecca Covered Bridge from southwest.jpg

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| coordinates = {{coord|39|43|44.71|N|87|19|29.5|W|display=inline,title}}

| locale = Mecca, Indiana, Parke, Indiana, United States

| carries = Closed to vehicle traffic

| crosses = Big Raccoon Creek, Indiana

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| maint = Parke County

| id_type = WGCB Number

| id = #14-61-13{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianacrossings.org/bridgeLinks/14-61-13.html|title = Bridge Information}}

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| design = National Register of Historic Places

| length = {{convert|176|ft|m|abbr=on}}150ft +13ft overhangs on each end

| width = {{convert|17|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| height = {{convert|12.5|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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| builder = J. J. Daniels

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| built = 1873

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| cost = Original Cost $7,650

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| rebuilt = 1980

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| added = Dec 22, 1978

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| refnum = 78000401 {{NRISref|2007a}}

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| mpsub = Parke County Covered Bridges TR

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The Mecca Covered Bridge crossing Big Raccoon Creek East of Mecca, Indiana is a single span Burr Arch Truss covered bridge structure that was built by J. J. Daniels in 1873. The bridge is {{convert|176|ft}} long, {{convert|17|ft}} wide, and {{convert|12.5|ft}} high.{{cite web

|url = http://www.coveredbridges.com/index.php/poi_detail?poiID=46

|title = Mecca Covered Bridge (#21)

|website = coveredbridges.com

|publisher = Parke County Incorporated / Parke County Convention and Visitors Commission

|accessdate = 2012-10-18

|url-status=dead

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120419094513/http://www.coveredbridges.com/index.php/poi_detail?poiID=46

|archivedate = 2012-04-19

}}{{cite web| url = https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/welcome.html| title = Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) | publisher = Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology | format = Searchable database| accessdate = 2016-06-01}} Note: This includes {{cite web| url =https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/1ce09/N/Park_CO_Covered_Bridge_HD_Nom.pdf| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Parke County Covered Bridge Historic District| accessdate = 2016-06-01| author=Charles Felkner| date=December 1977}} and [https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/1ce08/N/Parke_CO_Covered_Bridge_HD_2.pdf Site map].

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