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Overview: Covered bridge over Big Shawnee Creek on CR 800N
Location: Fountain County, Indiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1860; rehabilitated 1925
Design: Covered Howe through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 111.8 ft.
Total length: 120.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.24383, -87.24583 (decimal degrees)
40°14'38" N, 87°14'45" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/479090/4454849 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Mellott
Inventory numbers: INNBI 2300109 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
WGCB 14-23-03 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 16138 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2006): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 21.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 116