List of Virginia Covered Bridges

Below is a present list of Virginia covered bridges. There are currently eight historic covered bridges remaining in the U.S. state of Virginia, all of them still at their original locations.

Name County Location Built Length (ft) Spans Notes
Biedler Farm Rockingham Broadway 1896 93 Smith Creek One of the oldest covered bridges remaining in Virginia. Privately owned.
Bob White Patrick Woolwine 1921 80 Smith River One of two historic covered bridges remaining in Patrick County.
C.K. Reynolds Giles Newport 1919 36 Sinking Creek Currently the shortest historic covered bridge 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 One of two historic covered bridges 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.
Meem's 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 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 Gladys 1878 60 Seneca Creek Bridge was destroyed by a flood during Hurricane Fran in September 1996.
Trent Cumberland Cumberland ca. 1844 145 Willis River Bridge no longer extant.

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