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Overview: Covered bridge over Little Blue River on Offutt Bridge Road
Location: Rush County, Indiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1884 by Kennedy Bros.
Design: Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 82.0 ft.
Total length: 85.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on February 2, 1983
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.66033, -85.53950 (decimal degrees)
39°39'37" N, 85°32'22" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: INNBI 7000101 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
WGCB 14-70-02 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 83000098 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 17004 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 07/2005): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 21.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 104