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Norris Ford Covered Bridge

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Area
  
less than one acre

Architectural style
  
Burr Arch Truss System

Added to NRHP
  
2 February 1983

Built
  
1916 (1916)

Opened
  
1916

Norris Ford Covered Bridge

Location
  
E. County Road 150N, northeast of Rushville, Rushville Township, Rush County, Indiana

Built by
  
Kennedy, Emmett,L., Karl, & Charles R.

MPS
  
Kennedy, A. M., House and Covered Bridges of Rush County TR

Similar
  
Forsythe Covered Bridge, Smith Covered Bridge, Moscow Covered Bridge, Offutt Covered Bridge, Seven Peaks Water Par

Norris Ford Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge located near Rushville, Indiana in Rushville Township, Rush County, Indiana. It was built in 1916 by Emmett L. Kennedy and his sons Karl and Charles. It is a Burr Arch bridge, 154 feet (47 m) long over Big Flat Rock Creek. The bridge has rounded arch portals and decorative scrollwork that are signatures of the Kennedy firm.

It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1983, as part of a multiple property submission covering six bridges built by the Kennedy family firm.

References

Norris Ford Covered Bridge Wikipedia