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Overview
Covered bridge over Big Raccoon Creek on CR 620 South
Location
Parke County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1867 by J.J. Daniels; rehabilitated 1990
Builder
- J.J. Daniels
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 125.0 ft.
Total length: 274.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.5 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.67556, -87.10167   (decimal degrees)
39°40'32" N, 87°06'06" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
INNBI 6100089 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
WGCB 14-61-20 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 78000399 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 16811 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2006)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 16.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
84

Categories 

19th Century (1,776)
Big Raccoon Creek (Parke County, Indiana) (6)
Built 1867 (13)
Built during 1860s (105)
Burr arch-truss (125)
Covered (530)
Functionally obsolete (5,078)
Indiana (1,587)
J.J. Daniels (12)
NR-listed (1,486)
Open (21,688)
Owned by county (14,196)
Parke County, Indiana (40)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,001)
Through truss (5,301)
Total length 250-500 feet (2,114)
Truss (15,886)
Wooden deck (5,161)

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