Mary's River Covered Bridge - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Mary's River Covered Bridge - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Mary's River Covered Bridge is a covered bridge which crosses Marys River northeast of Chester, Illinois. The Burr truss bridge is long and wide. The bridge was built in 1854 as part of a plank toll road connecting Chester to Bremen; the bridge allowed agricultural products to be transported to Chester, a significant port on the Mississippi River. In the early 1870s, the toll road and the bridge were sold to Randolph County. The bridge served road traffic until 1930. Read more on Wikipedia
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