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Blackwater River Covered Bridge

Saline County, Missouri

Facts 

Overview
Lost covered bridge over Blackwater River somewhere in Saline County
Location
Saline County, Missouri
Status
No longer exists
History
Built 1852 by Steve, Boomer, and Co. of St. Louis for $6,000; Removed 1915
Builder
- Stone, Boomer & Boyington of Chicago, Illinois & Davenport, Iowa
Design
Covered Howe through truss
Inventory number
BH 22474 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,558)
Blackwater River (Missouri) (13)
Built 1852 (26)
Built during 1850s (405)
Covered (1,647)
Howe through truss (448)
Howe truss (557)
 Lost (24,712)
Missouri (6,301)
Saline County, Missouri (84)
Stone, Boomer & Boyington (5)
Through truss (15,052)
Truss (32,770)

Sources 

  • "Missouri's Covered Bridges" - Article by Dorothy Caldwell in the Jan. 1967 issue of Missouri Historical Review (Vol. LXI, No. 2)

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