SR 550, Rushville, Indiana. County/parish: Rush.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 02, 1983. NRIS 83000098.
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.: 2, 12
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