Forsythe Covered Bridge | |
Coordinates: | 39.5172°N -85.5306°W |
Built: | 1888 |
Architecture: | Burr Arch Truss System |
Added: | February 2, 1983 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 83000094 |
Forsythe Covered Bridge, also known as Forsythe Mill Bridge, is a historic covered bridge located near Rushville, Indiana and/or Gowdy, in Orange Township, Rush County, Indiana. It was built in 1888 by Emmett L. Kennedy. It is a Burr Arch bridge, 196feet long over the Big Flat Rock River. The bridge has rounded arch portals and decorative scrollwork that are signatures of the Kennedy firm.[1]
The bridge 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.