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The bridge has strong associations with the American Civil War, especially the Battle of Philippi (1861). The Philippi Covered Bridge is the oldest [3] and longest covered bridge in West Virginia and one of only two remaining in Barbour County. It is also the only covered bridge on the United States Numbered Highway System (as part of U.S ...
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 Philippi Covered Bridge (1852) is located at the junction of U.S. Routes 250 and 119 in downtown Philippi. The bridge is notable for its use during the first land battle of the Civil War. This is the only "twin-barreled" covered bridge located on a federal highway in the United States and it is also one of the longest covered bridges in the ...
Location of Barbour County in West Virginia. ... Philippi Covered Bridge. September 14, 1972 : U.S. Route 250 at its junction with U.S. Route 119 Philippi: 9 ...
By the 1850s, when a major covered bridge was constructed at Philippi to service travellers on the Beverly-Fairmont Turnpike, the county's population was approaching 10,000 people. The first newspaper in the county was the Barbour Jeffersonian , published starting in August 1857 and running only to about June 1861.
Located within the district are the separately listed Barbour County Courthouse, Philippi B & O Railroad Station, Philippi Covered Bridge, and Peck-Crim-Chesser House. [2] The PHD was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1]
The Brotherton bridge, built in 1875, reopened on Nov. 7. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is planned for Friday at 5 p.m.
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