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Burfordville Covered Bridge

Covered bridge · Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

The Burfordville covered bridge is adjacent to the mill and included in the State Historic Site.
The Burfordville covered bridge is adjacent to the mill and included in the State Historic Site. · Drowzy at en.wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Burfordville Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. Missouri has 4 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.

It is about 140 feet long.

Status check, 2026-11: Missouri's oldest surviving covered bridge, a Howe truss over the Whitewater River at Bollinger Mill State Historic Site; work started in 1858 but wasn't finished until about 1868 because of the Civil War, so sources list either year. Burfordville Covered Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 37.3672° N, 89.8025° W.

Key facts

Length140 ft
Heritage designationNational Register of Historic Places listed place
National RegisterListed
Coordinates37.36722, -89.80250

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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.