Mary's River Covered Bridge — Attraction in Illinois

Beautiful covered bridge just outside Chester, Illinois is well worth a pull off the road! There are very informative signs giving local historical references at the beginning of the bridge. The best views are the front and after going through you will get better view on the other side of the stream going under the bridge and some nice rock formations, worthy of some...

Just outside of Chester, Illinois, is an interesting bit of history. Growing up in Chester, I never gave the covered bridge a second look. Its true that you can walk by a jewel and never know it. Now years later I can appreciate its significance. Glad wiser people recognized its place in Chester history. Glad it...

Pretty little covered bridge. Outside of Chester and easy to find. Plenty of parking. Not much for water flowing under the bridge when we visited. A place to have a picnic right there. Appears some money was spent to assure this will be around for quite...