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Oakalla Covered Bridge

Putnam County, Indiana
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Photos 

Oblique view

Photo taken May 2006 by Tom Hall

Map 

View Uglybridges.com report

Facts 

Overview
Covered bridge over Big Walnut Creek on CR 375W
Location
Putnam County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1898
Builder
- Joseph J. Daniels
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 162.0 ft.
Total length: 165.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.7 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Shoppell Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.62627, -86.91687   (decimal degrees)
39°37'35" N, 86°55'01" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/507134/4386281 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Clinton Falls
Inventory numbers
INNBI 6700107 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
WGCB 14-67-10 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 16948 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2009)
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: 17.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
103

Categories 

19th Century (3,851)
Built 1898 (160)
Built during 1890s (1,560)
Burr arch-truss (228)
Covered (927)
Functionally obsolete (7,054)
Historic Bridge Conference 2012 (47)
Indiana (3,350)
Joseph J. Daniels (25)
NR-eligible (3,750)
 One-lane traffic (7,119)
Open (28,453)
Owned by county (16,526)
Putnam County, Indiana (75)
Select (538)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,966)
Through truss (9,252)
Total length 125-175 feet (4,156)
Truss (23,613)
Wooden deck (5,416)

Update Log 

  • September 16, 2012: Updated by Tony Dillon: Adj. coordinates
  • September 2, 2010: New photos from Jim Grey
  • January 19, 2010: New photos from Anthony Dillon
  • September 24, 2009: New photos from Robert Stephenson
  • October 23, 2006: Posted photos from Tom Hall

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Oakalla Covered Bridge
Posted September 3, 2010, by Jim Grey (mobilene [at] gmail [dot] com)

Anthony, you're right, that pier was from the Dunbar bridge. I deleted the photo.

Oakalla Covered Bridge
Posted September 2, 2010, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Picture #15 appears to be of the Dunbar Bridge, as the Oakalla Bridge is a single span and has no pier.