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Barbour
County, West Virginia
(WGN
48-01-02) (WGCB WV-01-02) (1856; rehabilitated 1962)
A three-span multiple Kingpost with Burr arch truss 156' 5" over
the Buckhannon River. Located: Located in Carrollton, West
Virginia on Carrollton Road. Directions: From Philippi, West
Virginia at the junction of US 119 and US 250, go south 6.0 miles on US
119 to left on CR 36 (Carrollton Road), 0.7 mile to the bridge, in
Carrollton, West Virginia. Was originally built at a cost of $4,819.
The pre Civil War bridge carried traffic of the day along the Middle Fork
Turnpike across the Buckhannon River, in a single span. In 1962,
due to heavy vehicular traffic the bridge was modified, and a new
concrete slab bridge, supported by steel I-beams on two concrete piers
and the original abutments, was constructed. The old wooden truss
cover was then anchored upon this new bridge, thus preserving the historic
bridge for many more years to come. The modifications cost $50,000.
The bridge has a fourteen-panel single-post, multiple Kingpost truss, sandwiched
between Burr arches; only one other multiple Kingpost truss with Burr arch
remaining in West Virginia. Owned by the West Virginia Department
of Transportation, is the second longest authentic covered bridge in West
Virginia. One of the only two many covered bridges that once spanned the
creeks and rivers of Barbour County still standing. Also known as
the Buckhannon River Covered Bridge. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic places on June 4, 1981, simultaneously with
ten other historic covered bridges in West Virginia.
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