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Photo taken by Tom Hall in May 2006

Overview: Covered bridge over Mill Creek in Leiber State Recreation Area
Location: Owen County, Indiana
Status: Bypassed 1988; Open to pedestrians
History: Built 1876
Builder: - Smith Bridge Co. of Toledo, Ohio
Design: Smith type #4 through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 133.9 ft.
Total length: 140.1 ft.
Deck width: 13.5 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.5 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on April 27, 2005
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.43333, -86.81306 (decimal degrees)
39°25'60" N, 86°48'47" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/516088/4364882 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Cataract
Inventory numbers: NRHP 5000339 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
INNBI 6000029 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 39513 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/1990): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 19.0 (out of 100)

July 14, 2012: New Street View added by Brent Tindall
January 17, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: HAER data and Categories
September 7, 2009: New photos from Anthony Dillon
April 5, 2009: New photos from Tom Hall
April 5, 2009: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Name, Overview, Status, Year built, Design and GPS
February 8, 2009: Added by James Baughn

Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Galen R Frysinger
Dale Travis
Tom Hall - thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com
Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
HAER IN-104 - Cataract Falls Bridge, Spanning Mill Creek, bypassed section of CR 279 (C, Cataract, Owen County, IN
Brent Tindall - bizzat219 [at] yahoo [dot] com