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Overview: Covered bridge over Little Raccoon Creek on CR E650N
Location: Parke County, Indiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Originally built 1856 by Henry Wolfe; relocated 1961; arsoned in 1989; reconstructed 1996
Design: Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 132.8 ft.
Total length: 146.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.86078, -87.08878 (decimal degrees)
39°51'39" N, 87°05'20" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: INNBI 6100112 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
WGCB 14-61-21 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 78000408 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 16821 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2006): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 55.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004): 117