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Overview: Covered bridge over Flatrock River on CR 650 South
Location: Rush County, Indiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1888 by E. L. Kennedy
Design: Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 182.0 ft.
Total length: 184.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on February 2, 1983
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.51750, -85.53083 (decimal degrees)
39°31'03" N, 85°31'51" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: INNBI 7000132 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
WGCB 14-70-04 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 83000094 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 16996 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 07/2005): Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 46.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 104