Historic Bridges
of the United States
Salt Fork Covered Bridge
Saline County
,
Missouri
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Facts
Overview
Lost covered bridge over Salt Fork west of Napton
Location
Saline County
,
Missouri
Status
No longer exists
History
Built 1852 by Henry Bingham for $5,000; removed 1915
Design
Covered Howe through truss
Inventory number
BH 22494
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Categories
19th Century
(1,704)
Built 1852
(8)
Built during 1850s
(109)
Covered
(500)
Howe truss
(85)
Missouri
(2,325)
Saline County, Missouri
(40)
Through truss
(5,175)
Truss
(15,706)
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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Salt Fork Covered Bridge
Posted March 9, 2007, by Randy Ebers
(xonoto [at] earthlink [dot] net)
AKA Wilton Springs Bridge