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Vicinity Map

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Facts 

Overview
Covered bridge over Otter Creek on CR 850 West
Location
Ripley County, Indiana
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1884 by Thomas A. Hardman; closed to traffic 1996
Design
Covered Howe through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 101.0 ft.
Total length: 112.8 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.4 ft.
Also called
Holton Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.08567, -85.40983   (decimal degrees)
39°05'08" N, 85°24'35" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
INNBI 6900064 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
WGCB 14-69-02 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 16985 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (1,720)
Built 1884 (51)
Built during 1880s (481)
Covered (504)
Howe truss (86)
Indiana (1,566)
Open to pedestrians (376)
Owned by county (14,137)
Ripley County, Indiana (21)
Span length 100-125 feet (2,258)
Through truss (5,205)
Total length 100-125 feet (2,418)
Truss (15,739)
Wooden deck (5,156)

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