Base Rd., Rushville, Indiana. County/parish: Rush.
Removed from the National Register of Historic Places January 19, 1990. NRIS 83000093.
Part of Kennedy, A. M., House and Covered Bridges of Rush County TR (NRIS 64000191).
1 contributing structure.
Ferree Covered Bridge was a historic covered bridge located near Rushville, Rush County, Indiana. It was built in 1873 by Archibald M. Kennedy and his son Emmett. It was a Burr Arch bridge, 87 feet (27 m) long over Little Flat Rock River. The bridge had square portals with articulated corners. The bridge was destroyed by an arsonist on February 13, 1989
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. It was delisted in 1990.
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