Barrackville Covered Bridge Explained

The Barrackville Covered Bridge spans 145feet in a single span across Buffalo Creek near Barrackville, West Virginia. Built in 1853 by local bridge builder Lemuel Chenoweth, the structure is a modified arched Burr truss, with siding added twenty years after the bridge's construction.^[1]

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

See also

• Philippi Covered Bridge, also built by Chenoweth
• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in West Virginia
• List of West Virginia covered bridges

External links

• • Web site: Barrackville Covered Bridge . Clio . en.

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Barrackville Covered Bridge. December 21, 1980 . E.L. Kemp . National Park Service.