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Overview: Covered bridge over Flat River on Covered Bridge Road
Location: Kent County, Michigan
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1871; rehabilitated 1994
Builder: - Jared N. Bresee
Design: Rare Brown truss covered bridge
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 95.8 ft.
Total length: 97.8 ft.
Deck width: 13.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 10.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +42.98028, -85.32639 (decimal degrees)
42°58'49" N, 85°19'35" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/636458/4759983 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Lowell
Inventory numbers: MINBI 41322H00018B010 (Michigan bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory 2010 and before)
MINEW 05183 (Michigan bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory 2011 and later)
BH 20091 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2009): Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 19.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1996): 122