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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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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)

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.