Sugar Creek Covered Bridge is a covered bridge which crosses Sugar Creek southeast of Chatham, Illinois. The Burr truss bridge is long and wide. The bridge was constructed by Thomas Black; sources disagree on the date of construction, placing it at either 1827 or 1880. The State of Illinois acquired the bridge in 1963 and extensively renovated it two years later. The bridge closed to traffic in 1984 and is now part of a local park with a picnic area. It is one of only five historic covered bridges in Illinois and is the oldest of the remaining bridges.

The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 9, 1978.

Sugar Creek Covered Bridge

See also

List of covered bridges in Illinois

References

Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois

Buildings and structures in Sangamon County, Illinois

National Register of Historic Places in Sangamon County, Illinois

Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois

Wooden bridges in Illinois

Burr Truss bridges in the United States

Sugar Creek Covered Bridge