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Photo taken by Anthony Dillon

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Overview
Covered bridge over Big Walnut Creek on CR 900 North
Location
Putnam County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
Design
Covered Howe truss bridge
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 210.9 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.79306, -86.77333   (decimal degrees)
39°47'35" N, 86°46'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/519406/4404813 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Roachdale
Inventory numbers
INNBI 6700045 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16905 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2005)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 39.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
81

Categories 

19th Century (1,838)
Built during 1880s (517)
Covered (537)
Functionally obsolete (5,108)
Howe truss (100)
Indiana (1,592)
Open (21,822)
Owned by county (14,294)
Putnam County, Indiana (53)
Span length 100-125 feet (2,299)
Through truss (5,419)
Total length 175-250 feet (1,835)
Truss (16,067)
Wooden deck (5,165)

Update Log 

  • July 4, 2008: Updated by Anthony Dillon

Sources 

  • Anthony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com