| Spencerville Covered Bridge | |
| Location: | CR 68, at Spencerville, Spencer Township, DeKalb County, Indiana |
| Coordinates: | 41.2814°N -84.9142°W |
| Builder: | Mckay, John |
| Architecture: | Smith Type 4 Truss |
| Added: | April 2, 1981 |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Refnum: | 81000010 |
Spencerville Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge located at Spencerville, Spencer Township, DeKalb County, Indiana. It was built in 1873, and spans the St. Joseph River. It is a Smith Type 4 truss bridge on concrete piers. It measures 146 feet long and topped by a gable roof and sided with board-and-batten siding. It one of only six remaining Smith trusses in Indiana.[1]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.
The Spencerville Covered Bridge was identified as a top priority among the thousands of rural bridges in the United States worthy of repair in President Biden's “American Jobs Plan” proposed on March 31, 2021.[2] The Bill must first be approved by The US Congress, including votes by Indiana's 3rd Congressional District Representative Jim Banks and US Senators Todd Young and Mike Braun.