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Mud River 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 ...
that formerly spanned the Mud River at
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Cabell County, West Virginia Cabell County is located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 94,350, making it West Virginia's fourth most-populous county. Its county seat is Huntington. The county was organized in 1809 and named for ...
. It was built about 1875, and is a single-span, modified Howe truss structure. It measures approximately in length and in width. The bridge was restored in 1971 and listed on the
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in 1975. It was relocated twice, first in 1997 to a temporary site near its original location, and then again in 2001 to a new location crossing a pond at the Cabell County Fairgrounds.


See also

* List of covered bridges in West Virginia *
List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in West Virginia __NOTOC__ This is a list of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Bridges See also * List of tunnels documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in West Virginia References ...


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* Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Buildings and structures in Cabell County, West Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Cabell County, West Virginia Historic American Engineering Record in West Virginia Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Wooden bridges in West Virginia Howe truss bridges in the United States 1875 establishments in West Virginia Bridges completed in 1875 {{WestVirginia-bridge-struct-stub