Nearest city Chatham, Illinois Built by Black, Thomas NRHP Reference # 78001185 Body of water Sugar Creek | Built 1827 or 1880 Architectural style Wooden-trussed bridge Area 2,000 m² Added to NRHP 9 January 1978 | |
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Address 587-, 769 Covered Bridge Rd, Glenarm, IL 62536, United States Similar Thompson Mill Covered, Mary's River Covered, Red Covered Bridge, Ariston Cafe, Washington Park | ||
Sugar creek covered bridge
Sugar Creek Covered Bridge is a covered bridge which crosses Sugar Creek southeast of Chatham, Illinois. The Burr truss bridge is 110 feet (34 m) long and 30 feet (9.1 m) wide. The bridge was constructed by Thomas Black; sources disagree on the date of construction, placing it at either 1827 or 1880. The State of Illinois acquired the bridge in 1963 and extensively renovated it two years later. The bridge closed to traffic in 1984 and is now part of a local park with a picnic area. It is one of only five historic covered bridges in Illinois and is the oldest of the remaining bridges.
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The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 9, 1978.
Over the sugar creek covered bridge
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