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Patrick
County, Virginia
(WGN
46-68-02) (WGCB VA-68-02): (1914;
widened and new roof 1969; Restored 1974) A single-span Queenpost truss 48' over the Smith River.
Located: South of Woolwine, Virginia on a bypassed section of Jacks
Creek Road (SR 615). Directions: From I-81, exit 114 take
SR 8 [W Main Street] (South) 164 yards; bear left (South) onto SR 8 [Riner
Road] 9.7 miles; bear right (South) onto SR 8 9.8 miles; bear left (South-East)
onto SR 8 [Locust Street] 0.1 mile; bear right (South) onto SR 8 [S Locust
Street] 0.7 mile; bear right (South) onto SR 8 14.1 miles; at SR 615, Stuart,
VA 24171, bear RIGHT (West) onto SR 615 174 yards; arrive SR 615, Stuart,
Virginia and approximate location of bridge. Bridge is visible from
both SR 8 and SR 615. Built to serve Jack's Creek Primitive Baptist
Church and was named for the church. A major restoration by the Virginia
Department of Highways completed in November 1974, at a cost of $4,554.14.
It was bypassed in 1932, by a steel I-beam stringer bridge with a wood
planked deck and subsequently closed to motor traffic. Also known
as the Upper Covered Bridge. It was listed on the National Register of
Historic Places on May 22,1973. (Mar 2004) |
