WayfarrowBlaney Mays Covered Bridge
Covered bridge · Washington County, Pennsylvania
Blaney Mays Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania has 231 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 26 of them in Washington County.
It was built in 1882, in the late 19th century, making it the 86th oldest of the 134 in Pennsylvania with a recorded construction date.
Status check, 2026-11: Also called Mays Bridge, it is a queenpost truss over Middle Wheeling Creek, restored in 2006. Most sources say it was built in 1882 (one blog says 1899), and its length is given as either a 31 ft 6 in span or 40 ft overall. Blaney Mays Covered Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 40.0881° N, 80.4875° W.
Key facts
| Current structure built | 1882 |
|---|---|
| Heritage designation | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| National Register | Listed |
| Coordinates | 40.08806, -80.48750 |
Nearby places
- Erskine Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Washington County · 2.1 mi
- Danley Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Washington County · 3.4 mi
- Wyit Sprowls Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Washington County · 5.5 mi
- Scott Brownlee Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Washington County · 5.6 mi
- Plant's Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Washington County · 6 mi
- Crawford Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Washington County · 6.2 mi
- Sprowl's Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Washington County · 6.8 mi
- Sawhill Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Washington County · 7.4 mi
- Longdon L. Miller Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Washington County · 7.9 mi
- Shannonghost town · Ohio County · 8.8 mi
- Day Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Washington County · 11.1 mi
- Glenns Runghost town · Ohio County · 11.5 mi
Questions
Where is Blaney Mays Covered Bridge?
Blaney Mays Covered Bridge is in Washington County, Pennsylvania, at 40.0881, -80.4875.
How many covered bridges are in Washington County?
Washington County, Pennsylvania has 26 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.
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