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Allenville Covered Bridge 25-16-02x

Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

Photos 

Overview

This photo, from the Historic American Buildings Survey, shows the covered bridge from the side

Photo taken in 1939 by Alexander Piaget and Charles van Ravenswaay

BH Photo #104360

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost covered bridge over Old Channel Whitewater River near Allenville
Location
Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
Status
Destroyed by a severe thunderstorm
History
Built soon after the Civil War to replace an earlier structure. Destroyed by a severe thunderstorm during the morning of Nov. 2, 1945.
Design
Covered Howe through truss
Dimensions
Span length: 90.0 ft.
Total length: 90.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.21994, -89.75956   (decimal degrees)
37°13'12" N, 89°45'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/255148/4122839 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Whitewater
Elevation
360 ft. above sea level
Inventory numbers
WGCB 25-16-02x (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 21075 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,754)
Built during 1870s (1,142)
Cape Girardeau County, Missouri (88)
Covered (1,692)
Destroyed by storm (56)
Howe through truss (455)
Howe truss (568)
Lost (25,747)
 Lost 1945 (18)
Lost during 1940s (421)
Missouri (6,326)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,488)
Through truss (15,460)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,634)
Truss (33,423)
Whitewater River (Missouri) (7)

Update Log 

  • July 12, 2018: New photo

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Allenville Covered Bridge
Posted May 13, 2006, by Roger Amos (mamos [at] cablerocket [dot] com)

The bridge in upper photo was taken at Birdfordvill. The lower photo was taken at Allenville.The Allenville bridge was built first it's twin sister at birdfordvill was shortley after.