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Sinking Creek Covered Bridge

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1916, Wingo, builder. Across Sinking Creek from Clover Hollow Rd. to Dunford Ln., 1.2 miles northwest of Newport
  • (Virginia Department of Historic Resources)

One of three remaining covered wooden truss bridges in Giles County, this example incorporates a single bow-arched Burr truss spanning the creek and supported on stone abutments. The bridge has weatherboarded walls and a gable roof carried on numerous interior cross-braced rafters.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Anne Carter Lee

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