Westport Covered Bridge
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LocationEast of Westport, Sand Creek Township, Decatur County, Indiana
Arealess than one acre
Built1880
Westport Covered Bridge | |
 Westport Covered Bridge, December 2011 | |
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| Location | East of Westport, Sand Creek Township, Decatur County, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 39°10′1″N 85°32′47″W / 39.16694°N 85.54639°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1880 |
| Built by | Kennedy, A. M. & Sons |
| Architectural style | Burr Arch |
| NRHP reference No. | 82000031[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 25, 1982 |
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.[2]: 2 A restoration completed in 2004 allowed vehicular traffic to resume.[3]
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.[1]
