Walkersville Covered Bridge

Walkersville Covered Bridge
Walkersville Covered Bridge, January 2009
Location: On County Route 19/17 near U.S. Route 19, near Walkersville, West Virginia
Area: less than one acre
Built: 1903
Architectural style: Other, Queenpost Truss
Governing body: State
MPS: West Virginia Covered Bridges TR
NRHP Reference#: 81000603[1]
Added to NRHP: June 4, 1981

Walkersville Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge near Walkersville, Lewis County, West Virginia. It was built in 1903, and is a Queen post truss bridge measuring 12 feet, 1 1/2 inches wide and 39 feet, 4 inches long. It has red board-and-batten siding and a standing seam metal roof. It was built to span the right fork of the West Fork River.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ E.L. Kemp (undated). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Walkersville Covered Bridge". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/lewis/81000603.pdf. Retrieved 2011-08-05.