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Norris Ford Covered Bridge is a historic
covered bridge A covered bridge is a timber-truss bridge with a roof, decking, and siding, which in most covered bridges create an almost complete enclosure. The purpose of the covering is to protect the wooden structural members from the weather. Uncovered woo ...
located near
Rushville, Indiana Rushville is a city in Rushville Township, Rush County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 6,341 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Rush County. It, like the county, was named in honor of Dr. Benjamin Rush, who signe ...
in Rushville Township,
Rush County, Indiana Rush County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. In the 2010 United States Census, the population was 17,392. The county seat (and only city) is Rushville. History When the Indiana Territory was granted statehood (20 December 1816), there ...
. It was built in 1916 by Emmett L. Kennedy and his sons Karl and Charles. It is a
Burr Arch The Burr Arch Truss—or, simply, Burr Truss or Burr Arch—is a combination of an arch and a ''multiple kingpost'' truss design. It was invented in 1804 by Theodore Burr, patented on April 3, 1817, and used in bridges, usually covered bridge ...
bridge, 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. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. It was listed on the U.S.
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1983, as part of a multiple property submission covering six bridges built by the Kennedy family firm.


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Truss bridges in the United States Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Bridges completed in 1916 Bridges in Rush County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Rush County, Indiana Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Wooden bridges in Indiana Burr Truss bridges in the United States {{Indiana-bridge-struct-stub