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Oblique view

Photo taken by Chris Light

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Portal

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Photo taken by Bill Eichelberger, January, 1988

Overview: Double-barreled covered bridge over North Fork Salt Creek at Brown County State Park
Location: Brown County, Indiana
Status: Open to two lanes of traffic
History: Built 1838 by Henry Wolfe; relocated 1932; rehabilitated 1986
Builder: - Henry Wolfe
Design: Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 88.9 ft.
Total length: 109.9 ft.
Deck width: 23.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 9.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 21, 1993
Also called: Brown County Bridge No. 36
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.19533, -86.21650 (decimal degrees)
39°11'43" N, 86°12'59" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/567658/4338745 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Nashville
Inventory numbers: INNBI 060310 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
WGCB 14-07-02 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 86000525 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 15863 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 02/2008): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 31.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004): 143