Sinking Creek Covered Bridge

Sinking Creek Covered Bridge

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

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.

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