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Overview
Two-span covered bridge over East Fork White River on Huron & Williams Road
Location
Lawrence County, Indiana
Status
Open to one-lane traffic
History
Built 1884 by J.J. Daniels
Builder
- J.J. Daniels
Design
Covered Howe through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 180.1 ft.
Total length: 373.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 19.2 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 9, 1981
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.79700, -86.66483   (decimal degrees)
38°47'49" N, 86°39'53" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
INNBI 4700096 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
WGCB 14-47-02 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 81000018 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 16518 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2004)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 37.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
236

Categories 

19th Century (1,725)
Built 1884 (51)
Built during 1880s (482)
Covered (504)
East Fork White River (Indiana) (9)
Functionally obsolete (5,063)
Howe truss (86)
Indiana (1,568)
J.J. Daniels (9)
Lawrence County, Indiana (26)
NR-listed (1,470)
One-lane traffic (304)
Open (21,592)
Owned by county (14,138)
Span length 175-250 feet (990)
Through truss (5,208)
Total length 250-500 feet (2,089)
Truss (15,742)
Wooden deck (5,156)

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Williams Covered Bridge
Posted October 3, 2007, by Chris Light (cjkadj [at] juno [dot] com)

This is a spectacular bridge, that is once you get down on the river. It literally soars across the river valley.

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