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Carrollton Covered Bridge

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Built
  
1856 (1856)

NRHP Reference #
  
81000595

Opened
  
1856

Added to NRHP
  
4 June 1981

Architectural style
  
Other

Address
  
Volga, WV 26238, USA

Body of water
  
Buckhannon River

Carrollton Covered Bridge

Location
  
Carrollton, West Virginia

Architect
  
Emmett, J.; O'Brien, Daniel

Similar
  
Philippi Covered Bridge, Dents Run Covered Bridge, Barrackville Covered Bridge, Fish Creek Covered Bridge, Laurel Creek Covered

The Carrollton Covered Bridge, in Barbour County, West Virginia, USA, is the second longest and third oldest surviving covered bridge in the state. The wooden bridge spans the Buckhannon River near Carrollton and was built in 1856. It is 140 feet 9 inches (42.90 m) long and 16 feet (4.9 m) wide, with kingpost trusses supported by concrete piers and abutments. It underwent repairs in 1978 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 4, 1981.

References

Carrollton Covered Bridge Wikipedia