Facts
- Overview
- Lost covered bridge over South Fork Elk River near Santa Fe
- Location
- Monroe County, Missouri
- Status
- No longer exists
- History
- Built in 1859 by Joseph C. Elliott; destroyed by flooding on June 19, 1926; later
replaced by a truss bridge
- Builder
- - Joseph C. Elliott of Payson, Illinois
- Design
- Covered Burr arch-truss
- Land survey
- T. 53 N., R. 8 W., Sec. 20
- Inventory number
- BH 22129 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- "Missouri's Covered Bridges" - Article by Dorothy Caldwell
in the Jan. 1967 issue of Missouri Historical Review (Vol. LXI, No. 2)
- HAER MO-68 - (Describes the replacement truss bridge)