Humpback Covered Bridge

Humpback Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Alleghany County, Virginia. Virginia has 8 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.

It was built in 1857, in the Civil War era, making it the oldest of the 6 in Virginia with a recorded construction date; it crosses Dunlap Creek.

Status check, 2026-11: Virginia's oldest remaining covered bridge, built in 1857 after an 1856 flood destroyed the earlier bridge (it was once thought to date from 1835). Reported lengths are 106, 106.5 and 109 ft, and the HAER survey gives about 120 ft along the lower chord. Humpback Covered Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 37.8006° N, 80.0470° W.

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