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	Westport Covered Bridge
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Westport Covered Bridge, December 2011
	Location within Indiana Location within the United States
Location	East of Westport, Sand Creek Township, Decatur County, Indiana
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
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]

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1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved August 1, 2015. Note: This includes Van P. Batterton (May 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Westport Covered Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved August 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs.
↑ "Covered Bridge". Town of Westport. Retrieved June 19, 2025.

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[nris-1] 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[SHAARD-2] "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved August 1, 2015. Note: This includes Van P. Batterton (May 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Westport Covered Bridge" (PDF). Retrieved August 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs.

[3] "Covered Bridge". Town of Westport. Retrieved June 19, 2025.

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