Hokes Mill 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 ...

at Ronceverte,

Greenbrier County, West Virginia Greenbrier County () is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 32,977. Its county seat is Lewisburg. The county was formed in 1778 from Botetourt and Montgomery counties in Virginia. History P ...

. It was built over Second Creek between 1897 and 1899, and measures 12 feet wide and 81.6 feet long. It has red

board-and-batten A batten is most commonly a strip of solid material, historically wood but can also be of plastic, metal, or fiberglass. Battens are variously used in construction, sailing, and other fields. In the lighting industry, battens refer to linea ...

siding and a standing seam metal roof. It is one of two remaining covered bridges in Greenbrier County, the other being Herns Mill Covered Bridge. 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 1981.

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Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Buildings and structures in Greenbrier County, West Virginia Bridges completed in 1899 Transportation in Greenbrier County, West Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Greenbrier County, West Virginia 1899 establishments in West Virginia Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Wooden bridges in West Virginia Long truss bridges in the United States {{WestVirginia-bridge-struct-stub

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