Below is a current list of covered bridges in Virginia. There are six historic covered bridges remaining in the U.S. state of Virginia, all still at their original locations.
Name | County | Location | Built | Length (ft) | Spans | Image | Notes |
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Biedler Farm | Rockingham | Broadway | 1896 | 93 | Smith Creek | One of the oldest covered bridges remaining in Virginia. Privately owned. | |
Humpback | Alleghany | Covington | 1857 | 109 | Dunlap Creek | The only arched covered bridge remaining in the United States. | |
Jack's Creek | Patrick | Woolwine | 1914 | 48 | Smith River | Only historic covered bridge remaining in Patrick County. | |
Link Farm | Giles | Newport | 1912 | 49 | Sinking Creek | Narrowest covered bridge in Virginia at 12 feet (3.7 m) wide. Privately owned. | |
Meems Bottom | Shenandoah | Mount Jackson | 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 | Newport | ca. 1916 | 71 | Sinking Creek |
Below is a list of some of the other historic covered bridges in Virginia which were destroyed, removed, or altered.
Name | County | Location | Built | Length (ft) | Spans | Notes |
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Bob White | Patrick | Woolwine | 1921 | 80 | Smith River | Bridge was destroyed during major flooding on September 29, 2015. [1] |
Marysville | Campbell | Gladys | 1878 | 60 | Seneca River | Bridge was destroyed by a flood during Hurricane Fran in September 1996. |
C.K. Reynolds | Giles | Newport | 1919 | 36 | Sinking Creek | Formerly was the shortest historic covered bridge in Virginia and privately owned. Destroyed by wind on March 1, 2017. [2] |
Trent | Cumberland | Cumberland | ca. 1844 | 145 | Willis River | Bridge no longer extant. |
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