New Brownsville Covered Bridge 14-03-08

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Overview

Photo taken by James McCray in Feburary 2009

BH Photo #132856

Overview: Covered bridge over a branch of Driftwood River in Mill Race Park
Location: Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1840; relocated and shortened 1986; rehabilitated 1991
Design: Covered Long through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 89.5 ft.
Total length: 96.1 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.20611, -85.92917 (decimal degrees)
39°12'22" N, 85°55'45" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/592456/4340195 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Columbus
Inventory numbers: INNBI 0300229 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
WGCB 14-03-08 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 15820 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2015): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 68.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011): 280