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Plummer Creek Covered Bridge 14-28-01
Facts
- Overview
- Covered bridge over Plummer Creek on Baseline Road (CR 25 East)
- Location
- Greene County, Indiana
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1883 by A.M. Kennedy & Sons; rehabilitated 1997
- Builder
- - A.M. Kennedy & Sons
- Design
- Covered Burr arch-truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 122.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 10, 1993
- Also called
- Richland-Plummer Creek bridge
Greene County Bridge #86 - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.99306, -86.93778 (decimal degrees)
38°59'35" N, 86°56'16" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/505388/4316007 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Scotland
- Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
- 50
- Inventory numbers
- INNBI 2800060 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
NRHP 93000466 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 14-28-01 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 16222 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of July 2017)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 15 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- March 23, 2020: New video from Mike Daffron
- March 27, 2019: New photo from Tony Dillon
- June 15, 2018: New photos from Linda Daffron
- April 15, 2018: New photos from Mike Daffron
- May 19, 2010: New photo from Bill Eichelberger
- March 26, 2009: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Alternate name and NRHP date
- June 22, 2008: Updated by Tom Hall
Sources
- Dale Travis Covered Bridge List
- Tom Hall - thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com
- Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Bill Eichelberger
- Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
- Linda Daffron
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
Comments
Plummer Creek Covered Bridge 14-28-01
This bridge was damaged on Jan. 5 2019 by someone driving a box truck who just kept going. The police did catch him, but as of Monday no charges had been filed.
The article at https://www.tribstar.com/news/local_news/truck-damages-green... references bridgehunter.com.
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What a beautiful bridge! Not a bad drive from the highway either! Couldn’t ask for a more scenic spot!