E. of Westport, Westport, Indiana. County/parish: Decatur.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 25, 1982. NRIS 82000031.
1 contributing structure.
Westport Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge located in Sand Creek Township, Decatur County, Indiana. It was built in 1880, and is a single span, Burr arch bridge on limestone abutments. It measures 130 feet long, 16 feet wide and 13 feet high. It is topped by a gable roof and sided with shiplap siding. The bridge was limited to pedestrian traffic from 1973. A restoration completed in 2004 allowed vehicular traffic to resume.
It is one of numerous covered bridges built by A. M. Kennedy & Sons.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132002854