List of covered bridges in Virginia

Below is a current list of covered bridges in Virginia. There are six historic covered bridges remaining in the U.S. state of Virginia, all still at their original locations.

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Biedler Farm | Rockingham | Broadway | 1896  | 93  | Smith Creek |  | One of the oldest covered bridges remaining in Virginia. Privately owned.
Humpback | Alleghany | Covington | 1857  | 109  | Dunlap Creek |  | The only arched covered bridge remaining in the United States.
Jack's Creek | Patrick | Woolwine | 1914  | 48  | Smith River |  | 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 28, 1976. Rebuilt in 1978.
Sinking Creek | Giles | Newport | ca. 1916  | 71  | Sinking Creek |  |

Below is a list of some of the other historic covered bridges in Virginia which were destroyed, removed, or altered.

Name  | County  | Location  | Built  | Length (ft)  | Spans  | Notes

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Bob White | Patrick | Woolwine | 1921  | 80  | Smith River | Bridge was destroyed during major flooding on September 29, 2015.[1]
Marysville | Campbell | Gladys | 1878  | 60  | Seneca River | Bridge was destroyed by a flood during Hurricane Fran in September 1996.
C.K. Reynolds | Giles | Newport | 1919  | 36  | Sinking Creek | Formerly was the shortest historic covered bridge in Virginia and privately owned. Destroyed by wind on March 1, 2017.[2]
Trent | Cumberland | Cumberland | ca. 1844  | 145  | Willis River | Bridge no longer extant.

## See also

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* Transport portal
* Engineering portal
* Virginia portal

* List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Virginia
* List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia

## References

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1. ^ Martinsville Bulletin, Bob White Covered Bridge washed away by Ben R. Williams, September 29, 2015, Retrieved Oct. 15, 2015.
2. ^ Caswell, William S. World Guide to Covered Bridges (2021 ed.). Concord, New Hampshire: National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. p. xxxii. ISBN 978-0-578-30263-8.

* Dale J. Travis Covered Bridges. VA Covered Bridges: Credits. Retrieved Nov. 12, 2007.
* Virginia is for Lovers: Covered Bridges in Virginia. VA Covered Bridges: Credits. Retrieved Nov. 12, 2007.
* Virginia Department of Transportation. VA Covered Bridges: Credits. Retrieved Nov. 12, 2007.
* Covered Bridges Along the Blue Ridge VA Covered Bridges: Credits. Retrieved Nov. 12, 2007.

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* Covered Bridges in Virginia (Virginia Department of Transportation)
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