| Union Covered Bridge State Historic Site | |
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  Location in Missouri  Union Covered Bridge State Historic Site (the United States) | |
| Location | Monroe County, Missouri, United States |
| Coordinates | 39°25′58″N 92°06′09″W / 39.43278°N 92.10250°W[1] |
| Area | 1.24 acres (0.50 ha) |
| Elevation | 676 ft (206 m)[1] |
| Established | 1967 |
| Visitors | 22,118 (in 2022)[2] |
| Governing body | Missouri Department of Natural Resources |
| Website | Union Covered Bridge State Historic Site |
Union Covered Bridge | |
| Nearest city | Paris, Missouri[3] |
| Built | 1870 |
| Built by | Elliot, Joseph |
| NRHP reference No. | 70000342 |
| Added to NRHP | June 15, 1970 |
The Union Covered Bridge State Historic Site is a Missouri State Historic Site in Monroe County, Missouri. The covered bridge is a Burr-arch truss structure built in 1871 over the Elk Fork of the Salt River. It was almost lost to neglect in the 1960s, but was added to the state park system in 1967, the same year it was damaged by a flood. Repairs were made the next year, using timbers salvaged from another covered bridge that had been destroyed by the same flood. In 1970, it was closed to vehicular traffic and was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Further repairs were made in 1988, and it survived the Great Flood of 1993, only to be damaged by another flood in 2008 and later re-repaired. It is about 120 feet (37 m) or 125 feet (38 m) long, 12 feet (3.7 m) high, and 17.5 feet (5.3 m) wide.
- ^ a b "Union Bridge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Missouri State Park Attendance For January - December, 2022" (PDF). Missouri State Parks. February 3, 2023.
- ^ Piggott, Charla A. (March 3, 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form (Union Covered Bridge)" (PDF). Missouri State Parks. Retrieved 20 April 2022.