Part of the Neenah Library summer reading program was to read a travel book/guide. I don't really use those any more. Everything is online. So curiosity got the best of me and I found one on Covered Bridges of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois. It was not a great book but I found some more covered bridges to visit. One of them was Sugar Creek Covered Bridge.
Sugar Creek Covered Bridge is located about 11 miles south of Springfield. It is relatively easy to get to from the interstate as Googlemaps has you get off one exit and get back on the interstate at the next exit and just use the frontage road to get to the covered bridge.
Sugar Creek Covered Bridge was originally built sometime in the 1800s.. no one is sure if it's 1827 or 1880. The state of Illinois bought it in the 1960s and refurbished it. Until 1984 you could drive across it. It crosses Sugar Creek. Sugar Creek Covered Bridge now sits in a small park.
Sugar Creek Covered Bridge was a nice quick stop on our way from Springfield to St. Louis. Even though it is not far form Springfield and a stretch break wasn't needed, it was still a nice, quick stop. It was definitely worth checking out. Now I just need to go check out the other 4 remaining covered bridges in Illinois.
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