Facts
- Overview
- Lost covered bridge over Flat Creek on Ingram Avenue near Sedalia
- Location
- Pettis County, Missouri
- Status
- No longer exists, but scale-model replica built in Sedalia's Centennial Park
- History
- Built 1880 by Nicholas Hall and M. L. Carter; destroyed by fire on May 29, 1966
- Design
- Covered Howe through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.66399, -93.22214 (decimal degrees)
38°39'50" N, 93°13'20" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory numbers
- WGCB 25-80-01 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 22288 (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)
Comments
Flat Creek Covered Bridge and Replica
There is information at the following website concerning both the original bridge over Flat Creek in Sedalia as well as the construction of its' approximately 1/3 scale replica completed in 2004. Additionally, there is information concerning the original architect of the bridge, Mr. Johan C. Johannsen (John C. Johnson) contained on that website: