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Union Covered Bridge near Paris Missouri and spans the Elk Fork of the Salt River. Built in 1871, this is the last covered bridge that utilized the Burr-arch truss design. The bridge is 120 feet long, 17 1/2 feet wide and it has an entrance of 12 feet high.
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Union Covered Bridge near Paris Missouri and spans the Elk Fork of the Salt River. Built in 1871, this is the last covered bridge that utilized the Burr-arch truss design. The bridge is 120 feet long, 17 1/2 feet wide and it has an entrance of 12 feet high.
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Locust Creek Covered Bridge. Located in Linn County Missouri 3 miles west of Laclede just off of highway 36. Built in 1868, it is the longest surviving bridge in Missouri. This bridge has been a State Historic Site since 1967.
Locust Creek Covered Bridge. Located in Linn County Missouri 3 miles west of Laclede just off of highway 36. Built in 1868, it is the longest surviving bridge in Missouri. This bridge has been a State Historic Site since 1967.
Sandy Creek Covered Bridge. Originally built in 1872 by John H. Morse for $2000, it was flooded and destroyed in 1886 and rebuilt by Henry Steffin for $899 by reusing half of the original timbers and original abutments. The bridge is 74.5-foot (22.7 m), 18 feet 10 inches (5.7 m) wide and an height of 13-foot (4.0 m).