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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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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."

Map 

Vicinity Map

Vicinity map

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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")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/577228/4458182 (zone/easting/northing)
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)

Update Log 

  • November 28, 2005: Posted family photos from Rita Farris

Sources 

  • Rita Farris - rkpalomo [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • "Missouri's Covered Bridges" - Article by Dorothy Caldwell in the Jan. 1967 issue of Missouri Historical Review (Vol. LXI, No. 2)

Comments 

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.