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Harry Evans Covered Bridge

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Overview

Photo taken Oct. 2005 by Tom Hall

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Covered bridge over Rock Run Creek on CR 325W2
Location
Parke County, Indiana
Status
Open to one-lane traffic
History
Built 1908, rehabilitated 1977
Builder
- Joseph A. Britton
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 61.0 ft.
Total length: 81.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.2 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.66212, -87.29447   (decimal degrees)
39°39'44" N, 87°17'40" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/474740/4390298 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Mecca
Inventory numbers
INNBI 6100050 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
WGCB 14-61-10 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 78000392 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 16807 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2010)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 20.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
92

Categories 

Built 1908 (421)
Built during 1900s (4,247)
Burr arch-truss (226)
Covered (925)
Indiana (3,348)
Joseph A. Britton (14)
NR-listed (2,354)
One-lane traffic (7,112)
Open (28,316)
Owned by county (16,492)
Parke County, Indiana (81)
Select (538)
Span length 50-75 feet (6,996)
Structurally deficient (16,683)
Through truss (9,210)
Total length 75-100 feet (4,795)
Truss (23,574)
Wooden deck (5,398)

Update Log 

  • November 9, 2010: New photo from Bill Eichelberger
  • May 19, 2010: New photo from Bill Eichelberger
  • May 1, 2010: New photos from James Simmons
  • March 31, 2010: Updated by Bill Eichelberger: Also covered.
  • January 6, 2009: New photos from Sean Flynn
  • December 4, 2006: Posted corrected photos from Tom Hall

Sources 

  • Tom Hall - thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com
  • Sean Flynn
  • Bill Eichelberger
  • James Simmons - james [at] simmons [dot] net
  • Wikipedia