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Photo taken Oct. 2005 by Tom Hall
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Overview
Covered bridge over Rock Run Creek on CR 500 South
Location
Parke County, Indiana
Status
Open to one-lane traffic
History
Built 1908 by J.A. Britton; rehabilitated 1991 and 2002
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 50.8 ft.
Total length: 53.1 ft.
Deck width: 15.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.7 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.69500, -87.28583   (decimal degrees)
39°41'42" N, 87°17'09" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
INNBI 6100051 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
WGCB 14-61-11 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 78000416 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 16838 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2006)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 42.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
29

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Built 1908 (241)
Built during 1900s (2,333)
Burr arch-truss (119)
Covered (504)
Indiana (1,568)
NR-listed (1,470)
One-lane traffic (304)
Open (21,592)
Owned by county (14,138)
Parke County, Indiana (39)
Span length 50-75 feet (4,650)
Through truss (5,208)
Total length 50-75 feet (4,935)
Truss (15,742)
Wooden deck (5,156)

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