Photo 

Overview

Photo taken Sept. 2005 by Tom Hall

Map 

Vicinity Map

Vicinity map

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Facts 

Overview
Covered bridge over Leatherwood Creek on CR N50W
Location
Parke County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1883 by J.A. Britton; rehabilitated 1977
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 81.0 ft.
Total length: 102.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.5 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.77344, -87.33114   (decimal degrees)
39°46'24" N, 87°19'52" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
INNBI 6100060 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
WGCB 14-61-14 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 78000411 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 16826 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2004)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 17.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
91

Categories 

19th Century (1,704)
Built 1883 (48)
Built during 1880s (477)
Burr arch-truss (119)
Covered (500)
Indiana (1,561)
NR-listed (1,472)
Open (21,541)
Owned by county (14,113)
Parke County, Indiana (38)
Span length 75-100 feet (3,238)
Structurally deficient (10,771)
Through truss (5,175)
Total length 100-125 feet (2,412)
Truss (15,706)
Wooden deck (5,164)

Update Log 

  • November 13, 2006: Posted photo from Tom Hall

Sources 

  • Tom Hall - thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com