The Fletcher Covered Bridge is a 62-foot (19 m) Multiple King Post covered bridge located near Marshville in Harrison County, West Virginia. The bridge crosses Tenmile Creek is West Virginia bridge number 48-17-03.[2] Stones for the abutments were quarried at the top of a hill near the bridge site. The original building cost was $1,372. [3][4] The Fletcher Covered Bridge is one of only two covered bridges still standing in Harrison County, the other is the Simpson Creek Covered Bridge. This bridge is in regular use today.
Fletcher Covered Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 39°18′19″N 80°28′49″W / 39.30528°N 80.48028°W |
| Carries | County Route 5/29 |
| Crosses | Tenmile Creek |
| Locale | Harrison, West Virginia, United States |
| Maintained by | West Virginia Division of Highways |
| NBI Number | 00000000017A032 |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | U.S. National Register of Historic Places |
| Total length | 62 ft (19 m)[1] |
| Width | 3.2 m (10 ft)[1] |
| Load limit | 5 short tons (4.5 t) |
| History | |
| Constructed by | Soloman Swiger, L. E. Strum |
| Built | 1891 |
| MPS | West Virginia Covered Bridges TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 81000601 |
| Added to NRHP | June 4, 1981 |
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Location
editFletcher Covered Bridge is located on Marshville Road 1.6 miles past the intersection with US Route 50.
Upgrades
editUnder a $447,000 contract, Allegheny Restoration and Builders, Inc. of Morgantown restored the Fletcher Covered Bridge, including detouring local traffic while structural timber was replaced and new siding and a metal roof were installed.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Federal Highway Administration National Bridge Inventory (2008). "Place Name: Harrison (County), West Virginia NBI Structure Number: 00000000017A032; Facility Carried: Harrison CR 5/29 Feature Intersected: Tenmile Creek". Nationalbridges.com (Alexander Svirsky). Retrieved December 19, 2008. Note: this is a formatted scrape of the 2006 official website, which can be found here for West Virginia: "WV06.txt". Federal Highway Administration. 2006. Retrieved December 19, 2008.
- ^ "Fletcher Covered Bridge - Maken, WV - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on". Waymarking.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ a b "Fletcher Covered Bridge". West Virginia Department of Transportation. November 2002. Retrieved December 18, 2008.
- ^ Kemp, E. L. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Fletcher Covered Bridge" (PDF). West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History. National Park Service. Retrieved 2 October 2024.