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Forsythe Mill Covered Bridge

Rush County, Indiana
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Photo taken Sept. 2006 by Tom Hall

Map 

View Uglybridges.com report

Facts 

Overview
Covered bridge over Flatrock River on CR 650 South
Location
Rush County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1888 by E. L. Kennedy
Builder
- E.L.Kennedy
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 182.0 ft.
Total length: 184.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on February 2, 1983
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.51750, -85.53083   (decimal degrees)
39°31'03" N, 85°31'51" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/626288/4375237 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Manilla
Inventory numbers
INNBI 7000132 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
WGCB 14-70-04 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 83000094 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 16996 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2011)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 45.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
125

Categories 

19th Century (3,817)
Built 1888 (103)
Built during 1880s (1,043)
Burr arch-truss (226)
Covered (924)
E.L.Kennedy (4)
HAER documented (781)
Indiana (3,348)
NR-listed (2,353)
Navigable waterway (1,448)
 One-lane traffic (7,111)
Open (28,300)
Owned by county (16,483)
Rush County, Indiana (45)
Select (538)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,482)
Through truss (9,202)
Total length 175-250 feet (2,789)
Truss (23,562)
Wooden deck (5,397)

Update Log 

  • September 4, 2010: New photos from Anthony Dillon
  • May 19, 2010: New photo from Bill Eichelberger
  • March 21, 2010: New photos from Anthony Dillon
  • February 20, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: HAER data
  • January 16, 2010: New photos from Anthony Dillon
  • May 24, 2009: Updated by Brian McKee: Added World Guide Number to Title
  • June 29, 2008: New photos from Anthony Dillon
  • October 23, 2006: Posted photo from Tom Hall

Sources 

  • Tom Hall - thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com
  • Dale Travis Covered Bridge List
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Brian McKee - bjmckee51 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • HAER IN-106 - Forsythe Bridge, Spanning Big Flat Rock Creek, CR 650S, Moscow vicinity, Rush County, IN
  • Bill Eichelberger
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Forsythe Mill Covered Bridge
Posted January 17, 2010, by Todd (mrwalk08 [at] aol [dot] com)

I got the privilege of crossing this bridge a few years back. I'd like to see it again soon.