# Crooks Covered Bridge
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{{Infobox bridge
| name =
| image = Crooks Covered Bridge.jpg
| caption = Crooks Covered Bridge
| coordinates = {{coord|39|43|26.75|N|87|11|22.5|W|display=inline,title}}
| official_name = Crooks Covered Bridge
| other_name = Walker Adams Bridge, Darroch's Lost Bridge
| carries = Crooks Bridge Road (Main road bypasses covered bridge, bridge open to traffic)
| crosses = Little Raccoon Creek
| locale = [Adams Township, Parke County, Indiana](/source/Adams_Township%2C_Parke_County%2C_Indiana)
| owner = [Parke County](/source/Parke_County%2C_Indiana)
| maint = Parke County
| id_type = [WGCB #](/source/World_Guide_to_Covered_Bridges)
| id = 14-61-17 [{{cite web |url=https://www.coveredbridges.com/covered-bridge-gallery/crooks-covered-bridge-12 | title = Crooks Covered Bridge (#12) | publisher = Parke County Convention & Visitors Commission | accessdate = 25 November 2019}}]
| length = {{cvt|154|ft|m|1}} (includes {{cvt|11|ft|1}} overhangs on each end)
| mainspan = {{cvt|132|ft|1}}
| width = {{cvt|14|ft|1}}
| load = {{convert|4|ST|t lbs}}
| clearance = {{cvt|13|ft|1}}
| material = Hewn stone (foundations)
| material1 = Wood
| number_spans = 1
| cost = $1,200 or $5,900
| rebuilt = 1867 or 1872
{{Infobox NRHP
| embed=yes
| name = Crooks Covered Bridge (#12)
| nrhp_type = nrhp
| nrhp_type2 = cp
| partof = Parke County Covered Bridges TR
| partof_refnum = 64000193
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| locmapin = USA Indiana Parke County#Indiana#USA
| map_label = Location of Cox Ford Covered Bridge
| built = {{start date|1856}} or {{start date|1860}}
| builder = Henry Wolf
| demolished =
| restored =
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| added = December 22, 1978
| refnum = 78000391 [{{NRISref|2007a|dateform=mdy|accessdate=November 21, 2019|refnum=78000391|name=Crooks Covered Bridge (#12)}}]
| website = {{URL|https://www.coveredbridges.com/covered-bridge-gallery/crooks-covered-bridge-12|Crooks Bridge}}
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The '''Crooks Covered Bridge''' is a single span [Burr Arch](/source/Burr_Arch) Truss structure that crosses Little Raccoon Creek built in 1855–1856 by Henry Wolf just southeast of [Rockville, Indiana](/source/Rockville%2C_Indiana).[{{cite web
|url=https://www.coveredbridges.com/covered-bridge-gallery/crooks-covered-bridge-12
|title=Crooks Covered Bridge (#12)
|publisher=Parke County Incorporated / Parke County Convention and Visitors Commission
|accessdate=25 November 2019}}]
==History==
The exact history of this bridge has become hazy with the passing of time. A couple of different sources give varying years as to when certain things may have happened; what is consistent is that the bridge was moved from its original location sometime after 1863 maybe due to the road being abandoned. Some claim that the bridge actually washed downstream to its new location where new abutments were put under it and a road built to it. Still others claim that because the creek changed its course the bridge had to be dismantled and moved. Yet another claim is that [General Arthur Patterson](/source/General_Arthur_Patterson), one of the founders of [Rockville](/source/Rockville%2C_Indiana), had the bridge rebuilt by [J.J. Daniels](/source/J.J._Daniels) in 1867 after a viewing committee, which included Daniels, recommended it be rebuilt. Daniels also recommended moving the bridge to the Darroch's Site because it was thought to be safe from flooding. This proved false though when the bridge had to be repaired in 1875 after being damaged by flooding.[{{cite web |url=http://www.indianacrossings.org/bridgeLinks/14-61-17.html |title= The Crooks Bridge |publisher= Indiana Covered Bridge Society |access-date= 1 July 2021}}][{{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](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) in 1978.