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Overview: Covered bridge over Sand Creek on CR 575W
Location: Jennings County, Indiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1886; rehabilitated 1984
Design: Covered Howe through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 145.0 ft.
Total length: 155.8 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.08450, -85.72033 (decimal degrees)
39°05'04" N, 85°43'13" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: INNBI 4000024 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
WGCB 14-40-01 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 16421 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2004): Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 0.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1998): 510