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Offutt Covered Bridge

Offutt Covered Bridge
Offutt Covered Bridge, northwestern portal.jpg
Offutt Covered Bridge, November 2012
Offutt Covered Bridge is located in Indiana
Offutt Covered Bridge
Offutt Covered Bridge is located in the US
Offutt Covered Bridge
Location N. County Road 550W, northwest of Rushville, Posey Township, Rush County, Indiana
Coordinates 39°39′36″N 85°32′22″W / 39.66000°N 85.53944°W / 39.66000; -85.53944Coordinates: 39°39′36″N 85°32′22″W / 39.66000°N 85.53944°W / 39.66000; -85.53944
Area less than one acre
Built 1884 (1884)
Built by Kennedy, Emmett L., & Charles F.
Architectural style Burr Arch Truss System
MPS Kennedy, A. M., House and Covered Bridges of Rush County TR
NRHP Reference # 83000098
Added to NRHP February 2, 1983

Offutt Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge located near Rushville, Indiana in Posey Township, Rush County, Indiana. It was built in 1884 by Emmett L. Kennedy and his brother Charles. It is a Burr Arch bridge, 85 feet (26 m) long over the Little Blue River. The bridge has rounded arch portals and decorative scrollwork that are signatures of the Kennedy firm.

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.



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