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Overview: Covered bridge over Laughery Creek on CR 40 South
Location: Ripley County, Indiana
Status: Open to one-lane traffic
History: Built 1885 by Thomas A. Hardman
Design: Covered Howe through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 165.6 ft.
Total length: 182.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.06767, -85.23783 (decimal degrees)
39°04'04" N, 85°14'16" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/652448/4325763 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Milan
Inventory numbers: INNBI 6900033 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
WGCB 14-69-04 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 16972 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2004): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 15.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2002): 200

Chris Light - CJKADJ [at] juno [dot] com
HAER IN-33 - Busching Covered Bridge, Spanning Laughery Creek at Covered Bridge Road, Versailles, Ripley County, IN
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Busching Covered Bridge

Posted November 5, 2006, by Dan Reitmeyer (danreitmeyer [at] charter [dot] net)

This covered bridge was rehabilitated in 2005 by CLR Inc Vincennes IN