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Coordinates: 38°51′30″N 80°27′39″W / 38.85833°N 80.46083°W / 38.85833; -80.46083
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Walkersville Covered Bridge
Walkersville Covered Bridge, January 2009
Walkersville Covered Bridge is located in West Virginia
Walkersville Covered Bridge
Walkersville Covered Bridge is located in the United States
Walkersville Covered Bridge
LocationOn County Route 19/17 near U.S. Route 19, near Walkersville, West Virginia
Coordinates38°51′30″N 80°27′39″W / 38.85833°N 80.46083°W / 38.85833; -80.46083
Arealess than one acre
Built1903
ArchitectJohn G. Sprigg
Architectural styleQueenpost Truss
MPSWest Virginia Covered Bridges TR
NRHP reference No.81000603[1]
Added to NRHPJune 4, 1981

Walkersville Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge near Walkersville, Lewis County, West Virginia. It was built in 1903, and is a Queen post truss bridge measuring 12 feet, 1 1/2 inches wide and 39 feet, 4 inches long. It has red board-and-batten siding and a standing seam metal roof. It was built to span the right fork of the West Fork River.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ E.L. Kemp (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Walkersville Covered Bridge" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-05.

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