Mud River Covered Bridge
Encyclopedia
Mud River Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge
over the Mud River
at Milton
, Cabell County, West Virginia
. It was built about 1875, and is a single-span, modified Howe truss structure. It measures approximately 112 feet in length and 14 feet in width. The bridge was restored in 1971.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1975.
Covered bridge
A covered bridge is a bridge with enclosed sides and a roof, often accommodating only a single lane of traffic. Most covered bridges are wooden; some newer ones are concrete or metal with glass sides...
over the Mud River
Mud River (West Virginia)
The Mud River is a tributary of the Guyandotte River in southwestern West Virginia in the United States. Via the Guyandotte and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed...
at Milton
Milton, West Virginia
Milton is a town in Cabell County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,206 at the 2000 census.Milton is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area . As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 288,649...
, Cabell County, West Virginia
Cabell County, West Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 96,784 people, 41,180 households, and 25,490 families residing in the county. The population density was 344 people per square mile . There were 45,615 housing units at an average density of 162 per square mile...
. It was built about 1875, and is a single-span, modified Howe truss structure. It measures approximately 112 feet in length and 14 feet in width. The bridge was restored in 1971.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1975.
External links
- Milton Covered Bridge, County Route 25, U.S. Route 60 vicinity, Milton, Cabell, WV: 4 photos, 3 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey