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Portal

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Undecorated Portal

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Overview: Covered bridge over Plummer Creek on Baseline Road (CR 25 East)
Location: Greene County, Indiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1883 by A.M. Kennedy & Sons; rehabilitated 1997
Builder: - A.M. Kennedy & Sons
Design: Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 122.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 10, 1993
Also called: Richland-Plummer Creek bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.99306, -86.93778 (decimal degrees)
38°59'35" N, 86°56'16" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: INNBI 2800060 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
NRHP 93000466 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 14-28-01 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 16222 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2005): Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 22.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 50