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Location
CR 650S, Moscow vicinity, IN

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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.

Notes
Survey number HAER IN-106
Building/structure dates: 1888 initial construction
Building/structure dates: 2002 subsequent work
Significance: Local bridge contractor Emmett L. Kennedy built the Forsythe Bridge in 1888. The Kennedy family of Rushville built nearly sixty covered bridges, which are distinguished primarily by the scrollwork and cornice brackets at the arched portal, horizontal wood siding, and whitewashed exterior. Nearly all, including the Forsythe, use the Burr arch-truss. The well-crafted Forsythe Bridge illustrates the Kennedy's accomplishments in bridge building.

Subjects
Covered Bridges
Transportation


Related Names
Kennedy, Emmett L.
Burr, Theodore
Yule, Robert B.
Smith Bridge Company
Columbus Company
Bussell, Smith


Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

Contents
Photograph caption(s): 
VIEW FROM SOUTHEAST.
OBLIQUE VIEW OF SOUTH FACADE FROM SOUTHEAST.
VIEW OF TRUSSES FROM EAST TO WEST.
PERSPECTIVE OF ABUTMENT AT NORTHEAST CORNER FROM SOUTHWEST.
VIEW UPRIVER WITH BRIDGE FROM SOUTHEAST.
VIEW FROM DOWNRIVER, WEST.
VIEW FROM NORTHWEST OF PORTAL AND APPROACH ROAD.
ELEVATION OF WEST PORTAL WITH SCALE.
ELEVATION OF WEST PORTAL WITHOUT SCALE.
DETAIL VIEW OF WOODEN SCROLLWORK AND BRACKETS.
TRANSVERSE VIEW FROM EAST TO WEST.
OBLIQUE VIEW OF ARCH ON EAST SIDE.
VIEW FROM DOWNRIVER, WEST.
VIEW FROM NORTHWEST OF PORTAL AND APPROACH ROAD.


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