List of Virginia covered bridges - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Below is a present list of Virginia covered bridges. There are currently eight historic covered bridge

Covered bridge

A covered bridge is a bridge with enclosed sides and a roof, often accommodating only a single lane of traffic. Most covered bridges are wooden; some newer ones are concrete or metal with glass sides...

s remaining in the U.S. state

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of Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

, all of them still at their original locations.

Name	County	Location	Built	Length (ft)	Spans	Notes
Biedler Farm	Rockingham Rockingham County, Virginia As of the census of 2000, there were 67,725 people, 25,355 households, and 18,889 families residing in the county. The population density was 80 people per square mile . There were 27,328 housing units at an average density of 32 per square mile...	Broadway Broadway, Virginia Broadway is a town in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States. The population was 2,192 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Harrisonburg, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Broadway is located at ....	1896	93	Smith Creek Smith Creek (Virginia) Smith Creek is a tributary stream of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Its watershed comprises within Shenandoah and Rockingham counties on the western slope of the Massanutten Mountain ridge...	One of the oldest covered bridges remaining in Virginia. Privately owned.
Bob White Bob White Covered Bridge The Bob White Covered Bridge, also known as the Lower Covered Bridge or Woolwine Covered Bridge, is a county owned wooden covered bridge that spans the Smith River in Patrick County, Virginia, United States. It is located on the old portion of Bob White Road off State Route 8 southeast of the...	Patrick Patrick County, Virginia Patrick County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2010, the population was 18,490. Its county seat is Stuart. It is located within both the rolling hills and valleys of the Piedmont Region of Virginia and mountainous Southwest Virginia....	Woolwine Woolwine, Virginia Woolwine is an unincorporated community in northern Patrick County, Virginia, United States. The western terminus of State Route 40 is here, at State Route 8. The community lies in the Rocky Knob American Viticultural Area...	1921	80	Smith River Smith River (Virginia) The Smith River is a river in the U.S. states of Virginia and North Carolina. It is a tributary of the Dan River, which it joins at Eden, North Carolina...	One of two historic covered bridges remaining in Patrick County.
C.K. Reynolds	Giles Giles County, Virginia As of the census of 2000, there were 16,657 people, 6,994 households, and 4,888 families residing in the county. The population density was 47 people per square mile . There were 7,732 housing units at an average density of 22 per square mile...	Newport	1919	36	Sinking Creek Sinking Creek (Virginia) -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Virginia...	Currently the shortest historic covered bridge in Virginia. Privately owned.
Humpback Humpback Covered Bridge The Humpback Covered Bridge located in the U.S. state of Virginia, is one of the few remaining covered bridges in the United States that was built higher in the middle than on either end; hence the name of "humpback". The bridge was built in 1857 and is also the oldest remaining covered bridge in...	Alleghany Alleghany County, Virginia As of the census of 2000, there were 12,926 people, 5,149 households, and 3,866 families residing in the county. The population density was 29 people per square mile . There were 5,812 housing units at an average density of 13 per square mile...	Covington Covington, Virginia Covington is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia, located at the confluence of Jackson River and Dunlap Creek. It is in Alleghany County where it is also the county seat. The population was 5,961 in 2010. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Covington with Alleghany...	1857	109	Dunlap Creek Dunlap Creek Dunlap Creek is a tributary of the Jackson River in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is part of the James River watershed.The creek forms at Earlehurst in Alleghany County, Virginia, by the confluence of Back Creek and Sweet Springs Creek, both of which rise to the southwest in Monroe County, West...	The only arched covered bridge remaining in the United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... .
Jack's Creek Jack's Creek Covered Bridge The Jack's Creek Covered Bridge, also known as the Upper Covered Bridge, is a county owned wooden covered bridge that spans the Smith River in Patrick County, Virginia, United States. It is located on Jack's Creek Road off State Route 8 just south of the community of Woolwine, about 11 miles ...	Patrick Patrick County, Virginia Patrick County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2010, the population was 18,490. Its county seat is Stuart. It is located within both the rolling hills and valleys of the Piedmont Region of Virginia and mountainous Southwest Virginia....	Woolwine Woolwine, Virginia Woolwine is an unincorporated community in northern Patrick County, Virginia, United States. The western terminus of State Route 40 is here, at State Route 8. The community lies in the Rocky Knob American Viticultural Area...	1914	48	Smith River Smith River (Virginia) The Smith River is a river in the U.S. states of Virginia and North Carolina. It is a tributary of the Dan River, which it joins at Eden, North Carolina...	One of two historic covered bridges remaining in Patrick County.
Link Farm	Giles Giles County, Virginia As of the census of 2000, there were 16,657 people, 6,994 households, and 4,888 families residing in the county. The population density was 47 people per square mile . There were 7,732 housing units at an average density of 22 per square mile...	Newport	1912	49	Sinking Creek Sinking Creek (Virginia) -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Virginia...	Narrowest covered bridge in Virginia at 12 feet (3.7 m) wide. Privately owned.
Meem's Bottom	Shenandoah Shenandoah County, Virginia As of the census of 2000, there were 35,075 people, 14,296 households, and 10,064 families residing in the county. The population density was 68 people per square mile . There were 16,709 housing units at an average density of 33 per square mile...	Mount Jackson Mount Jackson, Virginia Mount Jackson is a town in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,994 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Mount Jackson is located at in the southern part of Shenandoah County, Virginia at...	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 Giles County, Virginia As of the census of 2000, there were 16,657 people, 6,994 households, and 4,888 families residing in the county. The population density was 47 people per square mile . There were 7,732 housing units at an average density of 22 per square mile...	Newport	ca. 1916	71	Sinking Creek Sinking Creek (Virginia) -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Virginia...	One of three historic covered bridges remaining in Giles County.

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

Name	County	Location	Built	Length (ft)	Spans	Notes
Marysville	Campbell Campbell County, Virginia As of the census of 2000, there were 51,078 people, 20,639 households, and 14,694 families residing in the county. The population density was 101 people per square mile . There were 22,088 housing units at an average density of 44 per square mile...	Gladys	1878	60	Seneca Creek	Bridge was destroyed by a flood during Hurricane Fran Hurricane Fran Hurricane Fran was a powerful Cape Verde-type hurricane of the 1996 Atlantic hurricane season that made landfall near Cape Fear in North Carolina at Category 3 strength. Throughout the eastern United States, early statistics on Fran reported 27 deaths and $3.2 billion in damage... in September 1996.
Trent	Cumberland Cumberland County, Virginia As of the census of 2000, there were 9,017 people, 3,528 households, and 2,487 families residing in the county. The population density was 30 people per square mile . There were 4,085 housing units at an average density of 14 per square mile...	Cumberland Cumberland, Virginia Cumberland is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Cumberland County, Virginia, United States. Cumberland lies along U.S. Route 60 and State Route 45. The population as of the 2010 Census was 393....	ca. 1844	145	Willis River Willis River The Willis River is a tributary of the James River in central Virginia in the United States. Via the James River, it is part of the watershed of Chesapeake Bay....	Bridge no longer extant.

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