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Barrackville Covered Bridge. This is a list of West Virginia covered bridges. There are 17 historic wooden covered bridges in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Only three of these bridges were built before 1870 and they are the three longest in the state. Each uses a standard truss design, braced with the Burr Arch. No one-truss design dominates ...
The Barrackville Covered Bridge spans 145 feet (44 m) in a single span across Buffalo Creek near Barrackville, West Virginia.Built in 1853 by local bridge builder Lemuel Chenoweth, the structure is a modified arched Burr truss, with siding added twenty years after the bridge's construction.
Name Image Built Listed Location County Type Alderson Bridge: 1914 1991-12-04 Alderson: Greenbrier, Monroe: Concrete arch bridge B & O Railroad Potomac River Crossing
Pages in category "Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
The Indian Creek Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge near US 219, about 4 miles away from Salt Sulphur Springs, in Monroe County, West Virginia, United States. It is owned by the Monroe County Historical Society, and was originally built in 1898 by Ray and Oscar Weikel. The bridge is 49.25 feet long and 11.5 feet wide. [2]
WV-53: White's Creek Covered Bridge Abutments Ruin 1877 1992 Big Sandy River Road White's Creek Cyrus: Wayne: WV-54: Cyrus Bridge Ruin Reinforced concrete cast-in-place slab 1918 1992 Norfolk and Western Railway
The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 4, 1981. [1] It was renovated in 1987 and again in 2002. [5] The bridge was heavily damaged in a fire, determined to have been arson, on August 10, 2017. [6] The bridge was restored using a mixture of salvaged and new timber by West Virginia Division of Highways crews in ...
The Philippi Covered Bridge (northeast end) as it appeared ca. 1899. The Philippi Covered Bridge, circa 1970. The Philippi Covered Bridge in 2015. The Philippi Covered Bridge, on the Tygart Valley River, is the main local landmark and historical icon of Philippi, West Virginia, USA.