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3/4 View Showing Approach Span And Bridge Portal (Direction Of View Unknown)

Photo taken by William Edmund Barrett, August 1975, for Historic American Engineering Record

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Side View Of Bridge (Direction Of View Unknown)

Photo taken by William Edmund Barrett, August 1975, for Historic American Engineering Record

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Detail View Of End Of Bridge, Showing New Steel Beam And Columns And Original Stone Abutment

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Interior View Showing Howe Trussing System

Photo taken by William Edmund Barrett, August 1975, for Historic American Engineering Record

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Facts

Overview

Bridge over Manmade pond on Walkway in Milton

Location

Milton, Cabell County, West Virginia

Design

Burr Arch
"Milton (Sink's Mill) Covered Bridge is a single span Howe truss of ten bays spanning approximately 112'-10". The truss system consists of standard 'X'-shaped Howe trusses reinforced by an arch. The bridge measures approximately 14 feet in width and rests on cut stone abutments.

"In 1971, the West Virginia Department of Highways helped reinforce the structure by replacing certain floor beams and by adding steel girders beneath the deck; at that time new siding was added and the floor and roof rebuilt. All work was carried ou in keeping with the structure's original materials and appearance.

"The town of Milton began to grow and prosper with the arrival of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in the early 1870's, the town's importance in Cabell County was aided by the construction of the covered bridge over the Mud River."

James E. Harding
West Virginia Antiquities Commission, Old Mountainlair
West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virgina

Transmitted by:

Jean P. Yearby
Historic American Engineering Record 1985
from information compiled by:
James B. Armstrong, HAER, 1975

Dimensions

Total length: 112.10 ft.

Elevation

590 ft. above sea level

Inventory number

BH 37210 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Comments

Milton Covered Bridge

Posted November 13, 2008, by J.R. Manning (thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

Greg, I'm pretty sure this bridge, documented by HAER, is the same bridge that you found on your trip. If it's not, they are virtual twins.

Milton Covered Bridge

Posted August 16, 2008, by Greg and Olivia Hall (cyclebay [at] aol [dot] com)

This was moved from an unknown location with the new place made at the Cabell County Fairgrounds/Pumpkin Park

Road names very near are CR/25 and CR25/7, or Mud River Road and James River Turnpike. At this corner the bridge is very noticeable, but does not serve either roadway. Bridge is located south of CR25/7 and East of CR/25

Photo 1- Looking South

Photo 2- Looking North

Photo 3- Looking West

Photo 4- Plaque

Photo 5- Interior