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Overview

These family photos were submitted by Rita Farris
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Family in front

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Inside view

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Plaque

Millport
Bridge
Constructed
1872
By Wm Hudson
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Collapse

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Brochure photo

This photo appeared in a 1950's era tourism pamphlet entitled "The Mark Twain Region of Missouri." It describes this bridge as "one of the best cared-for covered bridges in the state."

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Facts 

Overview
Lost covered bridge over Middle Fork Fabius River at Millport
Location
Knox County, Missouri
Status
No longer exists
History
Built 1872 by William Hudson; collapsed ca. 1954 and replaced by a pony truss bridge
Design
Howe through truss covered bridge
Dimensions
Total length: 110.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.27056, -92.09167   (decimal degrees)
40°16'14" N, 92°05'30" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey
T. 63 N., R. 11 W., Sec. 14
Elevation
660 ft. above sea level
USGS topographic map
Rutledge
Inventory number
BH 21801 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (1,704)
Built 1872 (20)
Built during 1870s (251)
Collapsed (12)
Covered (500)
Howe truss (85)
Knox County, Missouri (41)
Lost (491)
Missouri (2,322)
Through truss (5,175)
Total length 100-125 feet (2,412)
Truss (15,705)

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Millport Covered Bridge
Posted February 12, 2007, by brett lowe (brettlowe48 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

My grandpa Kenneth Lowe had these same exact pictures in his house.I found them after he passed on.I find this kind of stuff pretty cool because my family came from rutledge,Missouri.