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Overview: Covered bridge over West Fork Rush Creek on CR W900N
Location: Parke County, Indiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1904 by W.M. Hendricks; rehabilitated 1977
Design: Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 76.1 ft.
Total length: 96.1 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.8 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.89881, -87.31467 (decimal degrees)
39°53'56" N, 87°18'53" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: INNBI 6100154 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
WGCB 14-61-31 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 78000410 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 16825 (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: 35.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004): 105