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Westport, Decatur County

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Inventory Number: IN/14-16-01
County: Decatur County
Township: Sand Creek
Town/Village: Westport
Bridge Name: Westport
Crosses: Sand Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 115' span, 130' roofline
Roadway Width:
Built: 1880
Builder: Archibald M. Kennedy & Sons
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N39 10.013
Longitude: W085 32.775
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 9.4 miles south of IN3/46 in IN3, then 2.2 miles left on W Main St. (CRW1100S), and 0.1 miles left on W Layton Rd. Southeast edge of Westport.

Westport Bridge, Sand Creek, IN Built 1880
Dale J. Travis Photo

Westport Bridge, Sand Creek, Decatur County, IN Built 1880
Todd Clark Collection

Westport Bridge, Sand Creek, Decatur County, IN Built 1880
Traugott Keller Photograph, May 8, 1954, NSPCB Archives

Westport Bridge, Sand Creek, Decatur County, IN Built 1880
Bill & Jenn Caswell Photo, September 27, 2015

Comments:
12-panel truss. The bridge was bypassed 1975. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 25, 1982.

Sources:
Ketcham, Bryan E.. Covered Bridges on the Byways of Indiana, 1949, page 17
Gould, George E.. Indiana's Covered Bridges Thru the Years, 1977
County History Preservation Society (no longer accessible). Covered Bridges of Indiana, 2002, http://www.countyhistory.com/coveredbridge/decatur1.htm
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 15

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