West Virginia Covered Bridges (Charleston, Huntington: house, live in, design)

[Lone Star Rebel]

One thing I am really looking forward to when I return home to WV is... all the covered bridges I can photograph again. These are slowly becoming a thing of the past and I absolutely love covered bridges. The new era of digital photography is amazing and I am looking forward to it. Photography has been a serious hobby of mine since I was a boy & I can't wait to get out there with camera in hand.

Here's a site to some of the covered bridges:

West Virginia Covered Bridges

[harborlady]

Originally Posted by Lone Star Rebel

One thing I am really looking forward to when I return home to WV is... all the covered bridges I can photograph again. These are slowly becoming a thing of the past and I absolutely love covered bridges. The new era of digital photography is amazing and I am looking forward to it. Photography has been a serious hobby of mine since I was a boy & I can't wait to get out there with camera in hand.

Here's a site to some of the covered bridges:

West Virginia Covered Bridges

Purty pics, thanks for sharing. Why did they build them covered like that?

[Janipoo]

The Dent's Run picture, is that in Mannington? I wonder if there are 2 Dent's Run. I don't remember a covered bridge there.

[BJC]

The bridges are so pretty. I wonder if there are any in Nicholas County?? II am originally from WV, but spent most of my growing up years in NE OH, lots of covered bridges there. I love the sound that is made when the cars go over the bridge.

LSR, I hope you sell you house soon and can get back to WV ASAP. We are trying to do the same thing. Live in the northern VA area, but have a home in Summersville. Hubby is retired from Army and we have been many places like you, but WV has ALWAYS been home.

[snorpus]

Let's see how many of these we (and Google Maps) can put a location on... what I can't tell is if there are two or more locations in the state with the same name.

Barrackville... Just northwest of Fairmont, off Rte 250
Carrollton... Barbour County, about 10 mi SW of Phillipi
Center Point... Rte 23, about 10 mi N of Salem
Dents Run... West of Mannington
Fish Creek... Marshall County, ~10 mi south of Moundsville
Laurel Creek... Rt 41, Fayette County, NE of Beckley
Locust Creek... South of Denmar, Pocahontas County (near Patch Adams' Geshundeit Institute)
Milton... Between Charleston and Huntington
Philippi... downtown Philippi
Second Creek... Off Rte 219, about 10 mi S of Ronceverte
Simpson Creek...
Staats Mill... About 15 mi SE of Ripley
Walkersville... At the south end of Stonewall Jackson State Park
Herns Mill...

[Janipoo]

Okay, I googled and found that the Dent's Run Bridge is in Westover, WV. I knew there wasn't any covered bridge on the Dent's Run in Mannington.

WEST VIRGINIA COVERED BRIDGES ( Philippi, Simpson Creek, Carrollton, Dents Run, Barrackville, Fish Creek) pictures from scenery & nature photos on webshots

[David Kennedy]

Simpson Creek is in Bridgeport opposite the entrance to Meadowbrook Mall.
Dent's Run is west of Rt 250 about 1 mile south of Hundred, Wetzel County, WV. ( I'm not sure of this run but a little covered bridge is located there...the road goes back to Earnshaw.
(Another Dent's Run is North of Mannington on the old Smithfield Road...the old indian trail into Doddridge and Wetzel/Tyler County.)

[snorpus]

The only Westover I know of is across the Mon from downtown Morgantown. I can't imagine a covered bridge there.

[Lone Star Rebel]

Originally Posted by harborlady

Purty pics, thanks for sharing. Why did they build them covered like that?

It is my understanding that covered bridges were designed that way to protect the bridge itself from weather. The cover keeps the harsh weather off the main crossing deck of the bridge thus protecting it for many years to come. Most old bridges you see that are wooden & not covered, they are all fallen down or the original decking has been replaced. I'm no bridge expert mind you, this is just my understanding from several covered bridges tours I have taken in the past.

[Hinton Bound]

Originally Posted by harborlady
Purty pics, thanks for sharing. Why did they build them covered like that?

I heard that the bridges were covered so the horses would cross them without getting spooked by the height, or the noise of the water under them.