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Westport Covered Bridge

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
82000031

Added to NRHP
  
25 June 1982

Architectural style
  
Burr Arch

Opened
  
1880

Westport Covered Bridge bridgehuntercomphotos1184118448Ljpg

Location
  
East of Westport, Sand Creek Township, Decatur County, Indiana

Built by
  
Archibald M. Kennedy and sons

Similar
  
Stockheughter Covered Bridge, Moscow Covered Bridge, Crooks Bridge, Bean Blossom Covered, Portland Mills Covered

Westport Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge located in Sand Creek Township, Decatur County, Indiana. It was built in 1880, and is a single span, Burr arch bridge on limestone abutments. It measures 130 feet long, 16 feet wide and 13 feet high. It is topped by a gable roof and sided with shiplap siding. It has been limited to pedestrian traffic since 1973.

It is one of numerous covered bridges built by A. M. Kennedy & Sons.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

References

Westport Covered Bridge Wikipedia