SINKING CREEK
GILES COUNTY
BUILT - 1916
Length - 70'.... NNW of Newport, Eastern Township. VA42 (Blue Grass Trl) NE 1.0 miles from jct with US460 just S. of Newport, NW on SR601 (Clover Hollow Rd.) 0.6 miles to the bridge on the E. side of the road. Bypassed in 1949, closed to traffic in 1964, rehabilitated in 2000. Truss Type - Modified Covered Howe Through Truss
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 46-35-01
SINKING CREEK
GILES COUNTY
BUILT - 1912
Length - 50'.... NW of Newport, Eastern Township. US460 NW 1.6 miles from jct with VA42 just S. of Newport, N. on Mountain Lake Rd. 0.25 miles, NW on Covered Bridge Ln. 0.1 miles to the bridge. Bypassed in 1949, rehabilitated in 1995. Bridge is on private property. Open to through traffic. Truss Type - Covered Queenpost Through Truss
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 46-35-02
BUFFALO CREEK
MARION COUNTY
BUILT - 1853
Length - 146' ....In Barrackville. Pike Rd. N. 0.1 miles from jct with College St, E. on Buffalo Rd. 50' to the bridge on the N. side of the road. Built by local bridge builders, Eli & Lemuel Chenoweth. Bridge was bypassed in 1987, an ACROW pony truss was installed in 1991 due to deterioration. Renovated in 1998. Closed to motor traffic. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. Truss Type - Single Span Modified Arch Burr Truss with siding added twenty years after bridge's construction.
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 48-25-02
LITTLE MUSKINGUM RIVER
MONROE COUNTY
BUILT - 1886
Length - 92'.... ESE of Graysville, Perry Township. Greenbrier Rd. SE 3.4 miles from jct with OH26 in Graysville, N. (left) on Plainview Road 1.0 miles to the bridge. Although main bridge the builder was anonymous, the abutments were built by Isaiah Cline. The bridge was named Foreaker for the family which owned the adjacent farm; the Foreakers sold the property in 1925 to a Mr. Weddle. The bridge was reinforced in 1938 for automobile traffic and has been continued to be maintained by the county. It was rehabilitated in 2003. It was posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 5, 1975. Open to through traffic. Truss Type - Single Span Structure With a King Post Truss Core, the abutments have been reinforced with concrete to add stability while the floor with oak planks with additional beams and supportive I-beams being added later.
World Guide to Covered Bridges Number - WGCB - 35-56-14
