Barrackville Covered Bridge

LocationWV 21, over Buffalo Creek, Barrackville, West Virginia

Coordinates39°30′21″N 80°10′5″W / 39.50583°N 80.16806°W / 39.50583; -80.16806

Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)

Built1853

Barrackville Covered Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	WV 21, over Buffalo Creek, Barrackville, West Virginia
Coordinates	39°30′21″N 80°10′5″W / 39.50583°N 80.16806°W / 39.50583; -80.16806
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1853
Architect	Chenoweth, Lemuel
Architectural style	Burr truss
MPS	West Virginia Covered Bridges TR
NRHP reference No.	73001921[1]
Added to NRHP	March 30, 1973

The Barrackville Covered Bridge spans 145 feet (44 m) in a single span across Buffalo Creek near Barrackville, West Virginia. Built in 1853 by local bridge builder Lemuel Chenoweth, the structure is a modified arched Burr truss, with siding added twenty years after the bridge's construction.^[2]

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