Red Covered Bridge

The Red Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge that runs over Big Bureau Creek north of Princeton in Dover Township, Bureau County, Illinois. It was originally built in 1863, at a cost of $3,148.57.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Princeton station.

Princeton station

Railway station

Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Princeton station is an Amtrak intercity train station at 107 Bicentennial Drive in Princeton, Illinois. The station was built in 1911 by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and is listed as "Princeton City" on the Amtrak website and the List of Amtrak stations. Princeton station is situated 2 miles south of Red Covered Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Princeton and Dover.

Princeton

Town

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Princeton is a city in and the county seat of Bureau County, Illinois, United States. The population was 7,832 at the 2020 census. Princeton is part of the Ottawa Micropolitan Statistical Area. Princeton is situated 3½ miles south of Red Covered Bridge.

Dover

Village

Dover is a village in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. The population was 135 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Ottawa Micropolitan Statistical Area. Dover is situated 4½ miles east of Red Covered Bridge.

Limerick

Hamlet

Limerick is an unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois, United States, located on Illinois Route 26, north of Princeton. Limerick is situated 5 miles north of Red Covered Bridge.

Red Covered Bridge

Type: Bridge
Description: wooden bridge in Bureau County, Illinois
Categories: covered bridge, road bridge, historic site, and transportation
Location: Dover Township, Bureau, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.4164° or 41° 24′ 59″ north

Longitude

-89.47842° or 89° 28′ 42″ west

Elevation

610 feet (186 metres)

Inception

1863

Open location code

86HGCG8C+HJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 708490682

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=bridge

GeoNames ID

4907229

Wikidata ID

Q7303943

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In Other Languages

“Red Covered Bridge” goes by many names.

German: “Red Covered Bridge (Illinois)”
German: “Red Covered Bridge”

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