Norris Ford Covered Bridge Explained

Norris Ford Covered Bridge
Location:E. County Road 150N, northeast of Rushville, Rushville Township, Rush County, Indiana
Coordinates:39.6553°N -85.4095°W
Builder:Kennedy, Emmett, L., Karl, & Charles R.
Architecture:Burr Arch Truss System
Added:February 2, 1983
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:83000097

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, 154feet long over Big Flat Rock Creek. The bridge has rounded arch portals and does not have the decorative scrollwork and brackets that are signatures of the Kennedy firm, due to them being out of vogue by 1916.[1]

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.

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. Phil McMullan. PDF. January 1980. and Accompanying photographs.