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Humpback Covered Bridge, Humpback Bridge Wayside Park, spanning Dunlap Creek, Covington, Covington, Virginia
Summary
Significance: The Humpback Covered Bridge was built for the James River & Kanawha Turnpike and is one of the early turnpikes through the Alleghany region of Virginia. It is the oldest bridge in Virginia, and the older of only two surviving examples of a cambered wood covered bridge in the United States.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1
Survey number: HAER VA-1
Building/structure dates: 1857 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1954 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000219
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
James River & Kanawha Turnpike Company
Virginia Department of Transportation
Covington Business and Professional Women's Club
Pollak, Richard J, project manager
Federal Highway Administration, sponsor
Marston, Christopher, project manager
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
Location
Covington, 37.79346, -79.99395
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
