Norris Ford Covered Bridge

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, 154 feet (47 m) 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.^{[2]: 2, 15}

Norris Ford Covered Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Norris Ford Covered Bridge, May 2011
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Location	E. County Road 150N, northeast of Rushville, Rushville Township, Rush County, Indiana
Coordinates	39.655333°N 85.4095°W / 39.655333; -85.4095
Area	less than one acre
Built	1916 (1916)
Built by	Kennedy, Emmett, L., Karl, & Charles R.
Architectural style	Burr Arch Truss System
MPS	Kennedy, A. M., House and Covered Bridges of Rush County TR
NRHP reference No.	83000097[1]
Added to NRHP	February 2, 1983

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.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-06-01. Note: This includes Phil McMullan (January 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: A. M. Kennedy House and Covered Bridges of Rush County" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-01. and Accompanying photographs.