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Overview: Covered bridge over Big Walnut Creek on CR 375W
Location: Putnam County, Indiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1898 by J.J. Daniels
Builder: - J.J. Daniels
Design: Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 162.0 ft.
Total length: 165.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.7 ft.
Also called: Shoppell Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.62600, -86.91700 (decimal degrees)
39°37'34" N, 86°55'01" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: INNBI 6700107 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
WGCB 14-67-10 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 16948 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2005): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 11.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 90