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Harrison
County, West Virginia
(WGN
48-17-12) (WGCB WV-17-12) (1881; moved 1899; repaired
1984; rehabilitated 2002) A single-span multiple Kingpost truss 79'
5" over Simpson Creek. Located near Bridgeport, West Virginia on
old CR 24-2 (Despard-Summit Park Road). Directions: From Clarksburg,
West Virginia, go east on US 50 to I-79; go north to exit 121, at CR 24
(Medowbrook Road); go left on CR 24, under the overpass, about 0.3 mile
to the first left, CR 24-2 (Despard-Summit Park Road). The bridge
is on the right. Was originally built at a cost of $1,483 and located
one-half mile upstream from the present site. It survived the Great
Flood of 1888, but was washed off its abutments in 1899. Salvaged,
the bridge was rebuilt at the new location on new abutments in 1899.
The structure is supported by a nine-panel multiple Kingpost truss, which
has a single, open center panel, and rests on dry or un mortared, large
sandstone block abutments. It was damaged in 1984 when a tree
fell across the roof. Closed to motor traffic sometime prior to 1990 and
subsequently bypassed when a new concrete bridge was built.
Rehabilitation work was completed in 2002. Owned by the state of
West Virginia. Also known as the Holland Covered Bridge, the
Hollen
Mill Covered Bridge, the Law Farm Covered Bridge and the W.
T. Law Covered Bridge. It was among the ten historic covered
bridges in West Virginia listed on the National Register of Historic Places
on June 4, 1981. (Jun 2005) |
