List of covered bridges in West Virginia facts for kids

Barrackville Covered Bridge

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 (285 feet (87 m)) and an important part of state history for its associations with the American Civil War.

Existing bridges

The following is a list of the 17 extant West Virginia covered bridges.

Name	Image	Location	Year Built	Length	Crosses	Design	Historical Notes
Barrackville Covered Bridge		Marion Barrackville, Marion County	1853	146 feet (45 m)	Buffalo Creek	Multiple king post, Burr arch	Built by Lemuel Chenoweth
Carrollton Covered Bridge		Barbour Carrollton, Barbour County	1856	141 feet (43 m)	Buckhannon River	Multiple king post, Burr arch
Center Point Covered Bridge		Doddridge Center Point, Doddridge County	1888	42 feet (13 m)	Pike Fork of McElroy Creek	Long truss
Dents Run Covered Bridge		Monongalia Laurel Point, Monongalia County	1889	40 feet (12 m)	Dents Run	King post
Fish Creek Covered Bridge aka "Hundred Covered Bridge"		Wetzel Hundred, Wetzel County	1881, 2001	30 feet (9.1 m)	Fish Creek	King post
Fletcher Covered Bridge aka "Ten Mile Creek Covered Bridge"		Harrison Cutler, Harrison County	1891	58 feet (18 m)	Tenmile Creek	Multiple king post
Herns Mill Covered Bridge aka "Milligan Creek Covered Bridge"		Greenbrier Asbury, Greenbrier County	1884	54 feet (16 m)	Milligans Creek	Queen post
Hokes Mill Covered Bridge aka "Second Creek Covered Bridge"		Greenbrier Hokes Mill, Greenbrier County	1899	82 feet (25 m)	Second Creek	Long truss
Indian Creek Covered Bridge		Monroe Union, Monroe County	1903	48 feet (15 m)	Indian Creek	Long truss
Laurel Creek Covered Bridge aka "Lily Dale Covered Bridge"		Monroe Lillydale, Monroe County	1911	22 feet (6.7 m)	Laurel Creek	Howe truss
Locust Creek Covered Bridge		Pocahontas Hillsboro, Pocahontas County	1870	113 feet (34 m)	Monroe Creek	Warren truss
Mud River Covered Bridge		Cabell Milton, Cabell County	1875	108 feet (33 m)	Mud River	Howe truss
Philippi Covered Bridge		Barbour Philippi, Barbour County	1852	285 feet (87 m)	Tygart Valley River	Long truss with Burr arch	Built by Chenoweth
Sarvis Fork Covered Bridge aka "Sandy Creek Covered Bridge" and "New Era Covered Bridge"		Jackson Sandyville, Jackson County	1889, 2000	101 feet (31 m)	Left Fork Sandy Creek	Long truss
Simpson Creek Covered Bridge aka "Hollens Mill Covered Bridge"		Harrison Bridgeport, Harrison County	1881	74 feet (23 m)	Simpson Creek	Multiple king post
Staats Mill Covered Bridge		Jackson Ripley, Jackson County	1887	97 feet (30 m)	Pond	Long truss	Originally over Tug Fork, Big Mill Creek
Walkersville Covered Bridge		Lewis Walkersville, Lewis County	1908	54 feet (16 m)	Right Fork of West Fork River	Queen post

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.

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Barbour County

• Audra Covered Bridge, 18??, Audra (Burnt, 1940s)
• Moatsville Covered Bridge, 18??, across the Tygart Valley River at Moatsville (Destroyed, 19??s)

Braxton County

• Bulltown Covered Bridge, 1854

Doddridge County

• West Union Covered Bridge, 1843 across Middle Island Creek (Destroyed in flood, June 1950).

Greenbrier County

• Greenbrier Covered Bridge, 18??, across Greenbrier River; 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, 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 (Burnt, 1964)

Randolph County

• Beverly Covered Bridge, 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, 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).

Upshur County

• Buckhannon Covered Bridge, 18?? (Chenoweth; destroyed).

See also

• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
• World Guide to Covered Bridges