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Dents Run Covered Bridge

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Area
  
less than one acre

Architectural style
  
Other, Kingpost Truss

Opened
  
1889

Built
  
1889

NRHP Reference #
  
81000604

Added to NRHP
  
4 June 1981

Dents Run Covered Bridge

Location
  
County Route 43/4 near junction of County Route 43 crossing Dents Run, near Laurel Point, West Virginia

MPS
  
West Virginia Covered Bridges TR

Address
  
John Fox Rd, Morgantown, WV 26501, USA

Similar
  
Carrolton Covered Bridge, Fish Creek Covered Bridge, Laurel Creek Covered, Barrackville Covered Bridge, Sarvis Fork Covered Bridge

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Dents Run Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge located near Laurel Point, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was built in 1889, and spans Dents Run. The bridge is of Kingpost truss construction and measures 12 feet and 10 inches wide and 40 feet long. By 1981, it was one of only 17 covered bridges left in West Virginia.

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

Dents run covered bridge trip


References

Dents Run Covered Bridge Wikipedia