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Overview: Two-span covered bridge over Big Walnut Creek on Huffman Road
Location: Putnam County, Indiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1880
Design: Covered Howe through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 128.9 ft.
Total length: 267.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.4 ft.
Also called: Webster Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.50817, -86.95767 (decimal degrees)
39°30'29" N, 86°57'28" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: INNBI 6700148 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
WGCB 14-67-13 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 16938 (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: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 25.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 188