Forsythe Covered Bridge Explained

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) . Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology . Searchable database . 2016-06-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: A. M. Kennedy House and Covered Bridges of Rush County . 2016-06-01 . McMullan . Phil . PDF . January 1980. and accompanying photographs.