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Captain Swift Covered Bridge

Covered bridge · Bureau County, Illinois

2007 BURR ARCH OVER BUREAU CREEK. THIS IS TOO NEW TO BE ON THE NATIONAL REGISTRY BUT IT IS A COMPLETELY BONA FIDE COVERED BRIDGE, IT IS LISTED IN THE WORLD GUID
2007 BURR ARCH OVER BUREAU CREEK. THIS IS TOO NEW TO BE ON THE NATIONAL REGISTRY BUT IT IS A COMPLETELY BONA FIDE COVERED BRIDGE, IT IS LISTED IN THE WORLD GUID · JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Captain Swift Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Bureau County, Illinois. Illinois has 12 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 2 of them in Bureau County.

It crosses Big Bureau Creek.

Status check, 2026-11: This modern two-lane timber covered bridge replaced a 90-year-old steel bridge. Sources disagree on the year (2006 or 2007) and the length (119 ft, a 128 ft span, or 144 ft overall). It stands at 41.3790° N, 89.4980° W.

Key facts

CrossesBig Bureau Creek
Coordinates41.37901, -89.49797

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Questions

Where is Captain Swift Covered Bridge?

Captain Swift Covered Bridge is in Bureau County, Illinois, at 41.3790, -89.4980.

How many covered bridges are in Bureau County?

Bureau County, Illinois has 2 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.