Below is a list of covered bridges in Illinois. There are nine authentic covered bridges in the U.S. state of Illinois. Five of them are historic. A covered bridge is considered authentic not due to its age, but by its construction. An authentic bridge is constructed using trusses rather than other methods such as stringers, a popular choice for non-authentic covered bridges.
Bridges NameImage County Location Built Length Crosses Ownership Truss Notes Captain Swift Covered Bridge Bureau Princeton 2007 Bureau Creek Pratt variant and arches Jackson Covered Bridge Cumberland Greenup 2000 Embarras River Multiple king and arch Mary's River Covered Bridge Randolph Chester 1854, restored 1954 and 2005 Little Marys River Illinois DOT Burr Oquawka Wagon Bridge Henderson Oquawka 1866, restored 1982 Henderson Creek State of Illinois Burr Also called Allaman or Eames Bridge Red Covered Bridge Bureau Princeton 1863 Big Bureau Creek Illinois DOT Howe Rockford Bolt Co. Boone North Caledonia 1890 Kinnikinnick Creek Private Howe Also called Young Covered Bridge Stickelback Covered Bridge Kendall Newark 2020 Stream Town Sugar Creek Covered Bridge Sangamon Chatham 1827 or 1880, restored 1965 Sugar Creek Illinois DOT Multiple king with arch Also called Glenarm or Hedley Bridge Thompson Mill Covered Bridge Shelby Cowden 1868 Kaskaskia River Illinois DOT Howe Also called Dry Point Bridge Wolf Covered Bridge Knox Haw Creek 1999 Spoon River Howe Replaced a covered bridge built in 1865
See also
List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois List of covered bridges in the United States World Guide to Covered Bridges
References
External links
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges Only in Your State article about the state's covered bridges