Photo 

Portal

Photo taken by Tom Hall

Map 

Vicinity Map

Vicinity map

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Facts 

Overview
Covered bridge over Williams Creek on CR 50S1, east of Rockville
Location
Parke County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1895 by J.J. Danies
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 61.0 ft.
Total length: 78.1 ft.
Deck width: 14.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.6 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.76128, -87.20658   (decimal degrees)
39°45'41" N, 87°12'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
INNBI 6100086 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
WGCB 14-61-19 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 78000384 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 16801 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2006)
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: 28.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
201

Categories 

19th Century (1,720)
Built 1895 (73)
Built during 1890s (649)
Burr arch-truss (119)
Covered (504)
Functionally obsolete (5,063)
Indiana (1,566)
NR-listed (1,469)
Open (21,591)
Owned by county (14,137)
Parke County, Indiana (39)
Span length 50-75 feet (4,648)
Through truss (5,205)
Total length 75-100 feet (3,323)
Truss (15,739)
Wooden deck (5,156)

Update Log 

  • November 13, 2006: Posted photo from Tom Hall

Sources 

  • Tom Hall - thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com