| Sugar Creek Covered Bridge | |
| Nearest City: | Chatham, Illinois |
| Coordinates: | 39.6403°N -89.6619°W |
| Built: | 1827 or 1880 |
| Builder: | Black, Thomas |
| Architecture: | Wooden-trussed bridge |
| Added: | January 9, 1978 |
| Refnum: | 78001185 |
Sugar Creek Covered Bridge is a covered bridge which crosses Sugar Creek southeast of Chatham, Illinois. The Burr truss bridge is long and wide. The bridge was constructed by Thomas Black; sources disagree on the date of construction, placing it at either 1827 or 1880.[1] [2] [3] 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.[4]
The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 9, 1978.