SR 550, Rushville, Indiana. County/parish: Rush.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 02, 1983. NRIS 83000098.
Part of Kennedy, A. M., House and Covered Bridges of Rush County TR (NRIS 64000191).
1 contributing structure.
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.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132002048