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Photo taken Oct. 2005 by Tom Hall

Overview: Covered bridge over West Fork Rush Creek on CR900N
Location: Parke County, Indiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1904, rehabilitated 1977
Builder: - W.M. Hendricks
Design: Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 76.1 ft.
Total length: 96.1 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.8 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.89881, -87.31467 (decimal degrees)
39°53'56" N, 87°18'53" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/473100/4416573 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Kingman
Inventory numbers: INNBI 6100154 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
WGCB 14-61-31 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 78000410 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 16825 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2010): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 28.3 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010): 111