Mud River Covered Bridge Explained

Mud River Covered Bridge
Coordinates:	38.4278°N -82.1344°W
Built:	1875
Added:	June 10, 1975
Refnum:	75001883

Mud River Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge that formerly spanned the Mud River at Milton, Cabell County, West Virginia. 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^[1] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places 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.^[2]

See also

• List of covered bridges in West Virginia
• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in West Virginia
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Cabell County, West Virginia

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mud River Covered Bridge . March 1975 . 2011-07-23 . James E. Harding . State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.
2. Web site: West Virginia Department of Transportation . Milton . 2015-01-10.