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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 in the state. The bridges are located in three general areas. In the south in Monroe and Greenbrier counties there are about a half dozen bridges within an easy drive of one another. To the north around Philippi is another group of bridges, including the historic Philippi Covered Bridge which is the longest ({{convert|285|ft|m}}) and an important part of state history for its associations with the American Civil War.^[1]

Existing bridges

Name^[1]

Image

Location
^[1]{{ref label|Location|A|A

Year Built^[1]

Design, Length and
Historical Notes{{ref label|Notes|B|B

Barrackville Covered Bridge

Marion|}} Barrackville, Marion County

1853

146|}} Multiple King Post, Burr Arch, {{convert|146|ft|m}} long over Buffalo Creek. Built by Lemuel Chenoweth.

Carrollton Covered Bridge

Barbour|}} Carrollton, Barbour County

1856

141|}} Multiple King Post, Burr Arch, {{convert|141|ft|m}} long over Buckhannon River

Center Point Covered Bridge

Doddridge|}} Center Point, Doddridge County

1888

042|}} Long Truss, {{convert|42|ft|m}} long over Pike Fork of McElroy Creek

Dents Run Covered Bridge

Monongalia|}} Laurel Point, Monongalia County

1889

040|}} King Post, {{convert|40|ft|m}} long over Dents Run

Fish Creek Covered Bridge

Wetzel |}} Hundred, Wetzel County

1881

030|}} King Post, {{convert|30|ft|m}} long over Fish Creek

Fletcher Covered Bridge aka "Ten Mile Creek Covered Bridge"

Harrison |}} Cutler, Harrison County

1891

058|}} Multiple King Post, {{convert|58|ft|m}} long over Tenmile Creek

Herns Mill Covered Bridge aka "Milligan Creek Covered Bridge"

Greenbrier |}} Asbury, Greenbrier County

1884

054|}} Queen post, {{convert|54|ft|m}} long over Milligans Creek

Hokes Mill Covered Bridge aka "Second Creek Covered Bridge"

Greenbrier |}} Hokes Mill, Greenbrier County

1899

082|}} Long Truss, {{convert|82|ft|m}} long over Second Creek

Indian Creek Covered Bridge

Monroe |}} Union, Monroe County

1903

048|}} Long Truss, {{convert|48|ft|m}} long over Indian Creek

Laurel Creek Covered Bridge aka "Lily Dale Covered Bridge"

Monroe |}} Lillydale, Monroe County

1911

022|}} Howe Truss, {{convert|22|ft|m}} long over Laurel Creek

Locust Creek Covered Bridge

Pocahontas|}} Hillsboro, Pocahontas County

1870

113|}} Warren Truss, {{convert|113|ft|m}} long over Monroe Creek

Mud River Covered Bridge

Cabell|}} Milton, Cabell County

1875

108|}} Howe Truss, {{convert|108|ft|m}} long over Mud River

Philippi Covered Bridge

Barbour|}} Philippi, Barbour County

1852

285|}} Long Truss with Burr Arch, {{convert|285|ft|m}} long over Tygart Valley River. Built by Chenoweth.

Sarvis Fork Covered Bridge aka "Sandy Creek Covered Bridge"

Jackson|}} Sandyville, Jackson County

1889

101|}} Long Truss, {{convert|101|ft|m}} long over Left Fork Sandy Creek

Simpson Creek Covered Bridge aka "Hollens Mill Covered Bridge"

Harrison |}} Bridgeport, Harrison County

1881

074|}} Multiple King Post, {{convert|74|ft|m}} long over Simpson Creek

Staats Mill Covered Bridge

Jackson|}} Ripley, Jackson County

1887

097|}} Long Truss, {{convert|97|ft|m}}. Originally over Tug Fork, Big Mill Creek.

Walkersville Covered Bridge

Lewis|}} Walkersville, Lewis County

1908

054|}} Queen post, {{convert|54|ft|m}} long over Right Fork of West Fork River

Former bridges

The following is a list of no longer extant West Virginia covered bridges. A complete list of covered bridges that have existed at one time or another in the state would exceed 100.^[2]

References

Citations

1. ^¹²³West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme Publishing; 3rd edition (2003), pg 13
2. ^Shaluta, Jr., Stephen J. (2004), Covered Bridges in West Virginia, Charleston, West Virginia: Quarrier Press.
3. ^Cook, Roy Bird: "The Battle of Bulltown" "The West Virginia Review: June 1933:254-56 found in WV Archives and History at wvculture.org, Replaced with steel bridge (my personal witness we drove over it from Burnsville to Bulltown) which was destroyed by Army Engineers when the Burnsville Dam was built between summer of 1972-September 1976. See Wikipedia: Burnsville Lake with source given as Department of Army.
4. ^The longest covered bridge ever existing in Harrison County (300 feet).
5. ^After the Battle of Greenbrier River (3 October 1861), Union troops used the bridge when they built extensive military defenses at nearby Cheat Summit. Over 40 years later, celebrated satirist and short story writer Ambrose Bierce revisited the site of his youthful service. He found that “…the old wooden covered bridge across the Cheat River looks hardly a day older, and is still elaborately decorated with soldiers’ names carven with jack-knives.” (Letter, Ambrose Bierce to Alexander Whitehall, 30 September 1904. Published in Ninth Indiana Veteran Volunteer Infantry Association: Proceedings of the 18th Annual Reunion (N.p., 1904), pp 13-18. Reprinted as “Battlefields and Ghosts” (Palo Alto, California: Harvest Press, 1931) and in Joshi, S.T. and David E. Schultz, eds. (1998), Ambrose Bierce, A Sole Survivor: Bits of Autobiography; Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, pp 3-6.)

Existing bridges

Former bridges

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