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Oquawka Wagon Bridge

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The Oquawka Wagon Bridge is a covered bridge located south of Oquawka in Henderson County, Illinois. The wooden bridge was built in 1866, replacing an earlier bridge called the Eames Bridge; the bridge structure cost $2,125, while its stone abutments cost $2.40 per perch. The bridge carried a road over Henderson Creek until 1935, when the state government moved the roadway; in the following year, the bridge became a pedestrian bridge, and the state opened a picnic area in its vicinity. The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Read more on Wikipedia

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