Westport Covered Bridge
Westport Covered Bridge | |
Westport Covered Bridge, December 2011 | |
| Location | East of Westport, Sand Creek Township, Decatur County, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 39°10′1″N 85°32′47″W / 39.16694°N 85.54639°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1880 |
| Built by | Kennedy, A. M. & Sons |
| Architectural style | Burr Arch |
| NRHP reference No. | 82000031[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 25, 1982 |
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. The bridge was limited to pedestrian traffic from 1973.[2]: 2 A restoration completed in 2004 allowed vehicular traffic to resume.[3]
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.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved August 1, 2015. Note: This includes Van P. Batterton (May 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Westport Covered Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved August 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs.
- ^ "Covered Bridge". Town of Westport. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
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