Walkersville Covered Bridge
Appearance
Walkersville Covered Bridge | |
![]() Walkersville Covered Bridge, January 2009 | |
Location | On County Route 19/17 near U.S. Route 19, near Walkersville, West Virginia |
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Coordinates | 38°51′30″N 80°27′39″W / 38.85833°N 80.46083°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1903 |
Architect | John G. Sprigg |
Architectural style | Queenpost Truss |
MPS | West Virginia Covered Bridges TR |
NRHP reference No. | 81000603[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 4, 1981 |
Walkersville Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge near Walkersville, Lewis County, West Virginia. It was built in 1903, and is a Queen post truss bridge measuring 12 feet, 1 1/2 inches wide and 39 feet, 4 inches long. It has red board-and-batten siding and a standing seam metal roof. It was built to span the right fork of the West Fork River.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ E.L. Kemp (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Walkersville Covered Bridge" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
See also
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Categories:
- Bridges completed in 1903
- Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Buildings and structures in Lewis County, West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Lewis County, West Virginia
- Transportation in Lewis County, West Virginia
- Queen post truss bridges in the United States
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Wooden bridges in West Virginia
- 1903 establishments in West Virginia
- Southern United States bridge (structure) stubs
- West Virginia building and structure stubs
- West Virginia transportation stubs
- Mountain Lakes, West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs