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Mexico Road Covered Bridge 25-69-01x

Monroe County, Missouri

Photos 

Mexico Covered Bridge, 1935

Mo Dept of Transportation

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BH Photo #285202

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost 100-ft covered bridge over Elk Fork Salt River southeast of Paris
Location
Paris, Monroe County, Missouri
Status
Washed away in 1967
History
Built 1858-1859
Builder
- Joseph C. Elliott of Payson, Illinois
Design
Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions
Total length: 141.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.43000, -91.98367   (decimal degrees)
39°25'48" N, 91°59'01" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/587471/4364988 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Paris East
Inventory numbers
WGCB 25-69-01 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 22110 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,412)
Built 1859 (33)
Built during 1850s (494)
Burr arch-truss (449)
Covered (1,991)
Joseph C. Elliott (6)
Lost (28,567)
Lost 1967 (84)
 Lost during 1960s (946)
Missouri (6,563)
Monroe County, Missouri (85)
Paris, Missouri (10)
Through truss (16,834)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,190)
Truss (35,524)

Update Log 

  • May 10, 2018: New photo from Rusty Weisman
  • June 11, 2014: New photos from Karen Daniels

Sources 

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

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