Home > Virginia > Covington vicinity > Humpback Covered Bridge, Humpback Bridge Wayside Park, spanning Dunlap Cree, Covington, Alleghany County, VA
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 HB1146111 General View Of Northeast Portal.
|  HB1146112 General View Of Portal.
|  HB1146113 General View From West.
|  HB1146114 General View From East.
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 HB1146115 General View From East.
|  HB1146116 General View From Southwest Of East Side.
|  HB1146117 View From Northeast End, East Side.
|  HB1146118 View Looking North.
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 HB1146119 Detail Underside View Of Bridge From Southwest.
|  HB1146120 Detail View Of Bridges Underside.
|  HB1146121 Detail View Of Northeast Abutment From East.
|  HB1146122 General View Of Interior From Sw.
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 HB1146123 General Interior View.
|  HB1146124 General View Of Interior From Southwest.
|  HB1146125 General Interior View.
|  HB1146126 Detail View Of Interior Truss.
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 HB1146127 Detail View Of Deck.
|  HB1146128 Detail View Of Deck.
|  HB1146129 Detail View Of Roof Support Structure.
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Item Title
Locationspanning Dunlap Cree,
Covington vicinity, VA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER VA-1
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-1).
Building/structure dates:
1857 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1954 subsequent work
Part of building/structure is in Callaghan vicinity, Alleghany County, VA.
Significance: The Humpback Covered Bridge was built for the James River & Kanawha Turnpike and is one of the early turnpikes through the Alleghany region of Virginia. It is the oldest bridge in Virginia, and the older of only two surviving examples of a cambered wood covered bridge in the United States.
Subjects
Covered BridgesTransportationTransportation Facilities
Related Names
James River & Kanawha Turnpike Company
Virginia Department Of Transportation
Covington Business And Professional Women's Club
Boucher, Jack, Photographer
Jackson, Donald C., Historian
Prycer, Donald G., Delineator
Depasquale, James J., Delineator
King, Charles, Delineator
Lowe, Jet, Photographer
Bennett, Lola, Historian
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. General view of northeast portal.
2. General view of portal.
3. General view from west.
4. General view from east.
5. General view from east.
6. General view from southwest of east side.
7. View from northeast end, East side.
8. View looking north.
9. Detail underside view of bridge from southwest.
10. Detail view of bridges underside.
11. Detail view of northeast abutment from east.
12. General view of interior from SW.
13. General interior view.
14. General view of interior from southwest.
15. General interior view.
16. Detail view of interior truss.
17. Detail view of deck.
18. Detail view of deck.
19. Detail view of roof support structure.
SOUTHEAST BY 150 DEGREES, ELEVATION
SOUTHWEST BY 230 DEGREES FROM EAST BANK OF DUNLAP CREEK
INTERIOR TRUSS VIEW, NORTH PANEL, LOOKING WEST BY 290 DEGREES
ELEVATION, WESTERN PORTAL
INTERIOR, LOOKING EAST AT PEGGED CONSTRUCTION
CENTER POST DETAIL
SOUTHEAST BY 150 DEGREES, ELEVATION
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