List of covered bridges in Missouri


This is a list of Missouri covered bridges. There are four historic wooden covered bridges in Missouri, all now listed as State Historic Sites and under the protection of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
State officials estimate that Missouri had about thirty covered bridges from the 1820s through the end of the 19th century. On May 25, 1967, the state legislature authorized the Missouri State Park Board to take possession of the remaining bridges in order to repair and preserve them. At the time, five covered bridges remained, but the Mexico covered bridge was destroyed in a flood later that year.
NameLocationYear builtLengthCrossesDesignNotes
Burfordville Covered BridgeBurfordville in Cape Girardeau County1858Whitewater RiverHowe trussPart of the Bollinger Mill State Historic Site; restored in 1971 and repaired again in 1998.
Locust Creek Covered BridgeLinn County1868Dry channelHowe trussCarried the original Route 8; no longer has a stream under it.
Sandy Creek Covered BridgeJefferson County1872Sandy CreekHowe trussRebuilt in 1884 after flood damage. Restored in 1984.
Union Covered BridgeMonroe County, west of Paris1871Elk Fork, Salt RiverBurr trussRestored in 1968 with timbers from the Mexico covered bridge that had recently been destroyed by a flood; restored again in 1988. 2018 currently undergoing restoration to be completed in spring 2019.