Forsythe Covered Bridge

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, 196 feet (60 m) long over the Big Flat Rock River. The bridge has rounded arch portals and decorative scrollwork that are signatures of the Kennedy firm.[2]^{:2, 14}

Forsythe Covered Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	W. County Road 650S, southwest of Rushville, Orange Township, Rush County, Indiana
Coordinates	39°31′2″N 85°31′50″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1888
Built by	Kennedy, Emmett L.
Architectural style	Burr Arch Truss System
MPS	Kennedy, A. M., House and Covered Bridges of Rush County TR
NRHP reference No.	83000094[1]
Added to NRHP	February 2, 1983

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.[1]

See also

• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Indiana

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 McMullan, Phil (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.

External links

• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. IN-106, "Forsythe Bridge, Spanning Big Flat Rock Creek, CR 650S, Moscow, Rush County, IN", 12 photos, 2 color transparencies, 10 measured drawings, 22 data pages, 2 photo caption pages