List of covered bridges in Missouri

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Burfordville covered bridge
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Locust Creek covered bridge
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Sandy Creek covered bridge
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Union covered bridge

This is a list of Missouri covered bridges. There are four historic wooden covered bridges in Missouri, all now listed as State Historic Sites and under the protection of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.

State officials estimate that Missouri had about thirty covered bridges from the 1820s through the end of the 19th century. On May 25, 1967, the state legislature authorized the Missouri State Park Board to take possession of the remaining bridges in order to repair and preserve them. At the time, five covered bridges remained, but the Mexico covered bridge was destroyed in a flood later that year. [1]

NameLocationYear builtLength [2] Crosses [2] DesignNotes
Burfordville Covered Bridge Burfordville in Cape Girardeau County 1858140 feet (43 m) Whitewater River Howe truss Part of the Bollinger Mill State Historic Site; restored in 1971 and repaired again in 1998.
Locust Creek Covered Bridge Linn County 1868151 feet (46 m)Dry channel, Locust Creek Howe truss Carried the original Route 8; no longer has a stream under it.
Sandy Creek Covered Bridge Jefferson County 187276 feet (23 m) Sandy Creek Howe truss Rebuilt in 1884 after flood damage. Restored in 1984.
Union Covered Bridge Monroe County, west of Paris 1871125 feet (38 m)Elk Fork, Salt River Burr truss Restored in 1968 with timbers from the Mexico covered bridge that had recently been destroyed by a flood; restored again in 1988.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Locust Creek Covered Bridge State Historic Site</span> Historic site in Missouri, United States

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The Union Covered Bridge State Historic Site is a Missouri State Historic Site in Monroe County, Missouri. The covered bridge is a Burr-arch truss structure built in 1871 over the Elk Fork of the Salt River. It was almost lost to neglect in the 1960s, but was added to the state park system in 1967, the same year it was damaged by a flood. Repairs were made the next year, using timbers salvaged from another covered bridge that had been destroyed by the same flood. In 1970, it was closed to vehicular traffic and was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Further repairs were made in 1988, and it survived the Great Flood of 1993, only to be damaged by another flood in 2008 and later re-repaired. It is about 120 feet (37 m) or 125 feet (38 m) long, 12 feet (3.7 m) high, and 17.5 feet (5.3 m) wide.

References

  1. Covered Bridges; Missouri Dept of Natural Resources, Jefferson City, MO
  2. 1 2 Caswell, William S. World Guide to Covered Bridges (2021 ed.). Concord, New Hampshire: National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. pp. 42–43. ISBN   978-0-578-30263-8.