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The Humpback Covered Bridge located in the U.S. state of Virginia, is one of the few remaining covered bridges in the United States that was built higher in the middle than on either end; hence the name of "humpback". The bridge was built in 1857 and is also the oldest remaining covered bridge in the state of Virginia. Its WGCB number is 46-03-01.
Only historic covered bridge remaining in Patrick County. Link Farm: Giles: Newport: 1912 49 Sinking Creek: Narrowest covered bridge in Virginia at 12 feet (3.7 m) wide. Privately owned. Meems Bottom: Shenandoah: Mount Jackson: 1894 204 North Fork of the Shenandoah River: Currently the longest covered bridge in Virginia. Burned down on October ...
Built in 1921, the 80-foot (24-meter) bridge was a Queen-post truss construction over two spans. Its WGCB number was 46-68-01. The Bob White Covered Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 1973. It was one of two historic covered bridges remaining in Patrick County, maintained by the Patrick County government.
The bridge, at 204 feet (62 m), is the longest covered bridge in Virginia and one of the last that supports regular traffic. Near the town of Mount Jackson, the Meems Bottom Covered Bridge features a 200-foot single-span wooden Burr arch structure. Built in 1892 by Franklin Hiser Wissler, the wooden bridge over the North Fork of the Shenandoah ...
It is located on Jack's Creek Road (SR 615) off State Route 8 just south of the community of Woolwine, about 11 miles (18 km) north of Stuart. Built in 1914 (some sources say 1916), the 48-foot (15 m) bridge is a queenpost truss construction over a single span. Its WGCB number is 46-68-02. The Jack's Creek Covered Bridge was listed on the ...
Blackford Bridge: 2010-06-24 Lebanon vicinity: Russell: Bob White Covered Bridge: 1820, 1821 1973-05-22 Woolwine: Patrick: Burr arch truss: Bowstring Truss Bridge (Ironto, Virginia) 1878 2013-01-02 Ironto
Location. The Nansemond River Bridge, officially the Mills E. Godwin Bridge, is located in the independent city of Suffolk, Virginia and carries U.S. Route 17 across the Nansemond River. The current bridge, opened in 1982, was named in honor of former Virginia governor Mills E. Godwin Jr., a prominent member of the Chuckatuck community.
High Bridge is a historic former railroad bridge across the Appomattox River valley about 6 miles (9.7 km) east, or downstream, of the town of Farmville in Prince Edward County, Virginia. The remains of the bridge and its adjacent rail line are now a rail trail park, High Bridge Trail State Park. Originally constructed in the 1850s, the bridge ...