Humpback Covered Bridge
Near Covington, Virginia · United States · 1857
Photo: Alan P. Goldstein / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), 2020-10-04. Full photograph shown.
Virginia’s Humpback Covered Bridge crosses Dunlap Creek west of Covington. Completed in 1857, it is the state’s oldest surviving covered bridge. Virginia’s Department of Historic Resources identifies it as the nation’s only surviving curved-span covered bridge. dhr.virginia.gov · vdot.virginia.gov Checked
💡 4 things to know
- Built in 1857The present bridge replaced three earlier crossings lost to floods or failure. vdot.virginia.gov Checked
- Curved spanVirginia DHR identifies it as the nation’s only surviving curved-span covered bridge. dhr.virginia.gov Checked
- One hundred feetVDOT describes a single span 100 feet long. vdot.virginia.gov Checked
- Reopened in 1954Community fundraising restored the bridge as a public wayside landmark. vdot.virginia.gov Checked
📍 Where it is
Dunlap Creek, Alleghany County, Near Covington, Virginia, United States dhr.virginia.gov Checked
🗓️ Sightings
- 1857
Present bridge completed
- 1929
Road traffic ceased
- 1954
Restored bridge reopened to the public
- 20204 Oct
Restored bridge photographed
Each stamp links to its evidence. Green stamps are dated photographs; amber stamps are historical records or reports. Photo dates are not construction dates.
✅ The facts
- Completed
- 1857 dhr.virginia.gov Checked
- Length
- 100 feet vdot.virginia.gov Checked
- Crossing
- Dunlap Creek vdot.virginia.gov Checked
- Road traffic ceased
- 1929 vdot.virginia.gov Checked
- Reopened
- 1954 vdot.virginia.gov Checked
- Dated sighting
- Seen Oct 2020 commons.wikimedia.org Checked
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