Saturday, May 11, 2019

SMITH COVERED BRIDGE - RUSHVILLE, INDIANA












                                                                                               FLATROCK RIVER
                                                                                                  RUSH COUNTY
                                                                                                     BUILT - 1877

Length - 121'.... One mile N/E of Rushville, North on County Rd. 100 E, right on E 150 N, bridge is 1/4 mile east. Built by A.M. Kennedy and his son Emmet. The bridge has rounded arch portals and decorative scrollwork that are signatures of the Kennedy firm. It was posted on the National Register of Historic Places on February 2,  1983, as part of a multiple property submission covering six bridges built by the Kennedy family firm. Bridge rehabilitated in 1996. Open to through traffic.Truss Type - Covered Burr Arch Through Truss.
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 14-70-01

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