Conley’s Ford Covered Bridge was built in 1906 and crosses Big Raccoon Creek on County Road 550 East close to County Road 720 South, in Parke County, IN. The bridge is a single span Burr Arch Truss structure measuring 212 feet in length including the 10-foot overhang at each end, is 16 feet wide and 13 feet high.

The Conley's Ford Covered Bridge was built by J. P. Van Fossen and this structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Unlike the other covered bridges in Parke County

Parke County Covered Bridges

The covered bridges of Parke County are well-known tourist attractions in Parke County, Indiana, United States, which touts itself as the "Covered Bridge Capital of the World". The county has more covered bridges than any other county in the United States...

, Conley's Ford was made of white pine

Eastern White Pine

Pinus strobus, commonly known as the eastern white pine, is a large pine native to eastern North America, occurring from Newfoundland west to Minnesota and southeastern Manitoba, and south along the Appalachian Mountains to the northern edge of Georgia.It is occasionally known as simply white pine,...

, and not poplar

Poplar

Populus is a genus of 25–35 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar , aspen, and cottonwood....

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See also

• List of Registered Historic Places in Indiana
• Parke County Covered Bridges
  Parke County Covered Bridges
  The covered bridges of Parke County are well-known tourist attractions in Parke County, Indiana, United States, which touts itself as the "Covered Bridge Capital of the World". The county has more covered bridges than any other county in the United States...
  
  
• Parke County Covered Bridge Festival
  Parke County Covered Bridge Festival
  The Parke County Covered Bridge Festival is a fall festival which takes place in nine communities in Parke County, Indiana. It celebrates the county's 31 covered bridges, and is attended by more than 2 million people each year...