List of covered bridges in Illinois explained

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.^[1] 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

Name	class=unsortable	Image	County	Location	Built	Length	Crosses	Ownership	Truss	Notes
Captain Swift Covered Bridge^[2]		Bureau	Princeton 41.3789°N -89.4978°W	2007	128feet	Bureau Creek		Pratt variant and arches
Jackson Covered Bridge		Cumberland	Greenup 39.2389°N -88.1872°W	2000	192feet	Embarras River		Multiple king and arch
Mary's River Covered Bridge		Randolph	Chester 37.9486°N -89.7658°W	1854, restored 1954 and 2005	98feet	Little Marys River	Illinois DOT	Burr
Oquawka Wagon Bridge		Henderson	Oquawka 40.8942°N -90.9492°W	1866, restored 1982	106feet	Henderson Creek	State of Illinois	Burr	Also called Allaman or Eames Bridge
Red Covered Bridge		Bureau	Princeton 41.4164°N -89.4786°W	1863	93feet	Big Bureau Creek	Illinois DOT	Howe
Rockford Bolt Co.		Boone	North Caledonia 42.4114°N -88.9394°W	1890	75feet	Kinnikinnick Creek	Private	Howe	Also called Young Covered Bridge
Stickelback Covered Bridge		Kendall	Newark 41.5858°N -88.5889°W	2020	45feet	Stream		Town
Sugar Creek Covered Bridge		Sangamon	Chatham 39.6403°N -89.6619°W	1827 or 1880, restored 1965	58feet	Sugar Creek	Illinois DOT	Multiple king with arch	Also called Glenarm or Hedley Bridge
Thompson Mill Covered Bridge		Shelby	Cowden 39.2583°N -88.8181°W	1868	105feet	Kaskaskia River	Illinois DOT	Howe	Also called Dry Point Bridge
Wolf Covered Bridge		Knox	Haw Creek 40.8567°N -90.11°W	1999	102feet	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

External links

• National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges
• Only in Your State article about the state's covered bridges

Notes and References

1. Blanchette . David . The Bridges of Sangamon County . Illinois Municipal Review . July 1995 . 11–12 . 10 May 2020.
2. Book: Caswell . William S. . World Guide to Covered Bridges . National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges . Concord, New Hampshire . 978-0-578-30263-8 . 2021 . 11–13.