1868 Locust Creek Covered Bridge between Meadville and Laclede, MO

(Archived Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite, 721 photos)

The span is 151' (46m). [BridgeHunter]

Ben Keller comment on BridgeHunter
The Locust Creek covered bridge is a couple of miles from my house, so I get to see it alot. As you can see this bridge appears to have been moved, however it sits in the original location, as you probally read this bridge spans the Old channel of Locust Creek. Quite sometime ago the creek was channelized, this left the bridge over an oxbow lake or slough as it may be refered to. Over the years this "Lake" dried up and silted in. The bridge was left in at least 2' of mud. A couple of years ago the bridge was lifted about 6'. New approaches were added and timbers were replaced as needed, giving new life to this wonderful piece of Local history!

This bridge was on the "Pikes Peak Ocean To Ocean Highway", which pre-dated the famous "Lincoln Highway" so was considered the first coast to coast highway in the U.S.A.

An old service station and tourist court that sits on present hwy. 36 was originally located on the Pikes Peak Ocean To Ocean Highway at the north edge of Meadville.

[Jim Peeler comment on BridgeHunter]

Travis Overschmidt, Aug 2020

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1 of 7 photos on mostateparks

Kent Pillatsch posted three photos with the comment: "Locust Creek Covered Bridge State Historic Site. This covered bridge, the longest surviving bridge in Missouri, is  located halfway between  Meadville and Laclede at the eastern end of  Dart Rd. You have to hike in a little bit to see the covered bridge. https://mostateparks.com/.../locust-creek-covered-bridge..."

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