The Center Point Covered Bridge is a historic

covered bridge A covered bridge is a timber-truss bridge with a roof, decking, and siding, which in most covered bridges create an almost complete enclosure. The purpose of the covering is to protect the wooden structural members from the weather. Uncovered woo ...

near Center Point,

Doddridge County, West Virginia Doddridge County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,808. Its county seat is West Union. Doddridge County is part of the Clarksburg, West Virginia, WV Micropolitan Statistical Area. ...

, United States. It was commissioned by the County Court and was built between 1888 and 1890. It spans Pike's Fork (Middle Fork) of

McElroy Creek McElroy Creek is a tributary of Middle Island Creek, long, in northern West Virginia in the United States. Via Middle Island Creek and the Ohio River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of U.S. Geological S ...

. The masons were T.C. Ancell and E. Underwood (who charged $976.54 for all

abutment An abutment is the substructure at the ends of a bridge span or dam supporting its superstructure. Single-span bridges have abutments at each end which provide vertical and lateral support for the span, as well as acting as retaining walls ...

s). The carpenters were John Ash and S.H. Smith (who charged $230). The design utilizes the

Long Truss A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units. The connected elements (typically straight) may be stressed from tension (mechanics), tensi ...

. As of 1983, the Center Point Covered Bridge was one of only 17 covered bridges left in West Virginia. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1983.

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