Walkersville Covered Bridge

Walkersville Covered Bridge

Walkersville Covered Bridge, January 2009
Location On County Route 19/17 near U.S. Route 19, near Walkersville, West Virginia
Coordinates 38°51′30″N 80°27′39″W / 38.85833°N 80.46083°W / 38.85833; -80.46083Coordinates: 38°51′30″N 80°27′39″W / 38.85833°N 80.46083°W / 38.85833; -80.46083
Area less than one acre
Built 1903
Architectural style Other, Queenpost Truss
MPS West Virginia Covered Bridges TR
NRHP Reference # 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

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 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.


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