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Overview: Covered bridge over Sandy Run on Brubaker Road (TR 328)
Location: Preble County, Ohio
Status: Open to one-lane traffic
History: Built 1887 by Everett S. Sherman; rehabilitated 2005
Design: Covered Childs through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 73.2 ft.
Total length: 86.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 10.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 11, 1975
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.65167, -84.54383 (decimal degrees)
39°39'06" N, 84°32'38" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: ODOT 6832377 (Ohio Dept. of Transportation structure feature number)
WGCB 35-68-06 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 75001527 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 28254 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2005): Deck condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Not deficient
Sufficiency rating: 42.3 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1969): 70