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Photos taken 2006 by Jonathan Maxwell
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Overview
Through truss bridge over Laughery Creek on Cavehill Road
Location
Ripley County, Indiana
Status
Open to one-lane traffic
History
Built ca. 1920
Design
Riveted, 9-panel Parker through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 167.6 ft.
Total length: 174.8 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.99694, -85.18222   (decimal degrees)
38°59'49" N, 85°10'56" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
INNBI 6900013 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16974 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2004)
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: 75.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2002)
135

Categories 

9-panel truss (41)
Functionally obsolete (5,063)
Indiana (1,568)
Laughery Creek (Indiana) (6)
One-lane traffic (304)
Open (21,594)
Owned by county (14,142)
Parker truss (412)
Ripley County, Indiana (21)
Riveted (355)
Span length 125-175 feet (1,989)
Through truss (5,211)
Total length 125-175 feet (2,627)
Truss (15,745)

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