Historic Bridges
of the United States
Blackwater River Covered Bridge
Saline County
,
Missouri
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Facts
Overview
Lost covered bridge over Blackwater River somewhere in Saline County
Location
Saline County
,
Missouri
Status
No longer exists
History
Built 1852 by Steve, Boomer, and Co. of St. Louis for $6,000; Removed 1915
Design
Covered Howe through truss
Inventory number
BH 22474
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Categories
19th Century
(2,535)
Built 1852
(11)
Built during 1850s
(135)
Covered
(633)
Howe through truss
(106)
Howe truss
(120)
Lost
(6,198)
Missouri
(3,617)
Saline County, Missouri
(58)
Through truss
(6,456)
Truss
(19,456)
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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