Westport
Celebrate the bridge
Celebrate the renovation of the Westport Covered Bridge, about a mile outside of Westport. The bridge, built in 1880 by A. M. Kennedy & Sons, whose base of operations was in nearby Rush County, is the focus of the annual Westport Covered Bridge Festival held each June.
Starting off at the town park, the Covered Bridge Festival Parade travels all the way to the bridge. Here, ducklings are released from the new bridge downstream from the covered bridge.
The ducklings float down Sand Creek to the town water system dam, a distance of 150 yards, or so.
There are two fun for foodies food events on the bridge. The Kiwanis breakfast consists of scrambled eggs, sausage, biscuits, and sausage gravy, with coffee and orange juice. No fixed price is charged, but good will offerings are accepted. All donations help support Kiwanis' maintenance of the town park and ball diamond in town, and other civic activities that they perform.