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Houck Covered Bridge

Putnam County, Indiana
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Side view

Photo taken by Chris Light

Map 

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Facts 

Overview
Two-span covered bridge over Big Walnut Creek on CR 550S
Location
Putnam County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1880 by the Massillon Bridge Co.; rehabilitated 1994
Builder
- Massillon Bridge Co. of Massillon, Ohio
Design
Covered Howe through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 208.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.2 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.58218, -86.93849   (decimal degrees)
39°34'56" N, 86°56'19" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/505282/4381387 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Reelsville
Inventory numbers
INNBI 6700111 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
WGCB 14-67-11 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 16937 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2011)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 23.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
516

Categories 

19th Century (3,822)
Built 1880 (92)
Built during 1880s (1,045)
Covered (925)
Historic Bridge Conference 2012 (47)
Howe through truss (203)
Howe truss (249)
Indiana (3,348)
Massillon Bridge Co. (87)
NR-eligible (3,751)
One-lane traffic (7,112)
 Open (28,320)
Owned by county (16,492)
Putnam County, Indiana (75)
Select (538)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,300)
Structurally deficient (16,683)
Through truss (9,211)
Total length 175-250 feet (2,790)
Truss (23,575)
Wooden deck (5,398)

Update Log 

  • September 16, 2012: Updated by Tony Dillon: Adj. coordinates
  • September 2, 2010: New photos from Jim Grey
  • May 19, 2010: New photo from Bill Eichelberger
  • January 19, 2010: New photos from Anthony Dillon
  • August 18, 2006: Posted photos from Chris Light

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Houck Covered Bridge
Posted October 18, 2012, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

That's fascinating to hear as I am also a distant relative of Daniel Boone.

Houck Covered Bridge
Posted October 17, 2012, by Mary Lou Hazelrigg (cool_n_clover56 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

The large and scenic cemetery on a hill overlooking the bridge is the Boone Hutcheson Cemetery. Susan Boone and her husband, William E. Rissler are buried there. Susan Boone Rissler is the daughter of Moses Boone and the granddaughter of Squire Boone, Jr. She is also the great niece of the famous hunter, Daniel Boone.