Facts
- Overview
- Lost covered bridge over Little Platte River on Route B
- Location
- Platte County, Missouri
- Status
- Destroyed by flood
- History
- Built 1878; bypassed by new bridge in 1957; damaged by flood in July 1965 and dismantled
- Design
- Howe through truss
- Dimensions
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Total length: 90 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.40646, -94.65855 (decimal degrees)
39°24'23" N, 94°39'31" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/357204/4363196 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 53 N., R. 34 W., Sec. 13
- USGS topographic map
- Camden Point
- Inventory number
- BH 22348 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- June 24, 2009: Updated by David Backlin: Revised history
- November 17, 2008: New photo from James Baughn
Sources
- "Missouri's Covered Bridges" - Article by Dorothy Caldwell in the Jan. 1967 issue of Missouri Historical Review (Vol. LXI, No. 2)
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
- David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
Comments
Noah's Ark Covered Bridge
By the way this bridge was not destroyed by the flood of "65".
The flood laid the bridge over on its side, and Platte county moved the bridge to the Platte County fair grounds.
It was then destroyed by Fire.
Steve
Noah's Ark Covered Bridge
Does any one have a photo of this bridge.
I am working on doing an oil painting of this bridge.
I remember this as a boy and am looking for all the photos I can find on this bridge.
It has been hard finding a photo.
Thanks,