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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
The Philippi Covered Bridge, on the Tygart Valley River, is the main local landmark and Secular icon, historical icon of Philippi, West Virginia, United States, USA.
The celebrated bridge was commissioned by the General Assembly of Virginia ...
which is the longest () and an important part of state history for its associations with the
American Civil War.
[West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme Publishing; 3rd edition (2003), pg 13]
Existing bridges
The following is a list of the 17 extant
West Virginia covered bridges.
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.
;Barbour County
*
Audra Covered Bridge, 18??, Audra (Burnt, 1940s)
;Braxton County
*
Bulltown Covered Bridge, 1854
;Doddridge County
*
West Union Covered Bridge, 1843 across
Middle Island Creek
Middle Island Creek is a river, 77 miles (124 km) long, in northwestern West Virginia in the United States. It is a tributary of the Ohio River, draining an area of 565 square miles (1,463 km2) on the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau. It w ...
(Destroyed in flood, June 1950).
;Greenbrier County
*
Greenbrier Covered Bridge, 18??, across
Greenbrier River
The Greenbrier River is a tributary of the New River, long,McNeel, William P. "Greenbrier River." ''The West Virginia Encyclopedia''. Ken Sullivan, editor. Charleston, WV: West Virginia Humanities Council. 2006. . in southeastern West Virginia ...
; near
Lewisburg
;Harrison County
*
Maulsby Covered Bridge, 1848, across
West Fork River (part of
Weston and Fairmont Turnpike Company)
;Lewis County
*
Weston Covered Bridge, 18??, across
Stonecoal Creek, (Chenoweth; destroyed).
;Marion County
*
Paw Paw Creek Covered Bridge, 18??,
Grant Town (Destroyed in flood, August 1980)
;Monongalia County
*
Wadestown Covered Bridge
The Wadestown Covered Bridge was a single-lane wooden covered bridge in Wadestown, Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States. It spanned the Virginia (later West Virginia) branch of Dunkard Creek. It was still standing in 1941 when the Wo ...
, 18??, across the West Virginia branch of
Dunkard Creek.
;Preston County
*
Cheat River Covered Bridge (aka Northwestern Turnpike, or Tygart Valley, Bridge), 1835, across
Cheat River near
Rowlesburg
Rowlesburg is a town in southern Preston County, West Virginia, United States, along the Cheat River. The population was 438 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Morgantown metropolitan area. A former railroad town, it is home to the Downtown Ro ...
(Burnt, 1964)
;Randolph County
*
Beverly Covered Bridge Beverly or Beverley may refer to:
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, 1845, Chenoweth's first bridge (destroyed ''ca.'' 1863); part of the
Staunton and Parkersburg Turnpike; rebuilt by Chenoweth (1872–73; destroyed again after 1952).
*
Cheat Bridge Covered Bridge, 1841, across
Cheat River at
Cheat Bridge (Removed, 1910)
;Randolph/Upshur Counties
*
Middle Fork Covered Bridge
Middle or The Middle may refer to:
* Centre (geometry), the point equally distant from the outer limits.
Places
* Middle (sheading), a subdivision of the Isle of Man
* Middle Bay (disambiguation)
* Middle Brook (disambiguation)
* Middle Creek (d ...
, 18??, across
Middle Fork River spanning county border (Chenoweth; destroyed).
;Taylor County
*Valley Bridge, 1834, across
Tygart Valley River (part of the
Northwestern Turnpike) at
Fetterman (Destroyed in flood, 1888).
[Snider, Joseph Franklin (1945)]
"The Early History of Grafton"
''Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports''. 7362. (Master's thesis for West Virginia University), pp 2-3.
;Upshur County
*
Buckhannon Covered Bridge, 18?? (Chenoweth; destroyed).
See also
*
*
World Guide to Covered Bridges
References
Citations
Further reading
*Auvil, Myrtle (1973), ''Covered Bridges of West Virginia Past & Present''
*Maxwell, Hu (1899), ''The History of Barbour County, West Virginia; page 277, The Philippi Bridge''
Notes
* Sorting this column will result in bridges being listed in order by county.
External links
Covered Spans of Yesteryear projectWest Virginia Tourismarticle about the state's covered bridges
{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of West Virginia Covered Bridges
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