Walkersville Covered Bridge Explained

Walkersville Covered Bridge
Coordinates:38.8583°N -80.4608°W
Built:1903
Architect:John G. Sprigg
Architecture:Queenpost Truss
Added:June 4, 1981
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:81000603

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.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Walkersville Covered Bridge. n.d.. 2011-08-05 . E.L. Kemp . State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.