Bowsher Ford Covered Bridge 14-61-33

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Overview

Photo taken Oct. 2005 by Tom Hall

BH Photo #102889

Overview: Covered bridge over Mill Creek on CR1125N
Location: Parke County, Indiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1915
Builder: - Eugene Britton
Design: Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 71.8 ft.
Total length: 92.8 ft.
Deck width: 14.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.5 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.92989, -87.35181 (decimal degrees)
39°55'48" N, 87°21'07" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/469939/4420034 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Kingman
Average daily traffic (as of 2016): 62
Inventory numbers: INNBI 6100159 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
WGCB 14-61-33 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 78000385 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 16802 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of April 2018): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 20.5 (out of 100)
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Bowsher Ford Covered Bridge 14-61-33

Posted September 27, 2020, by Mike Daffron (daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com)

Beautiful day to take the new Liberty on a bridge trip. It was a little dry though...