The West Virginia Department of Transportation is now offering free downloads of color posters highlighting 17 historic covered bridges located throughout the Mountain State – many still actively carrying traffic.
[Above photo by WVDOT]
The agency said in a statement that printer-friendly versions of the poster are available online in 6-by-4-inch, 12-by-8-inch, and 17-by-11-inch sizes. Those free downloadable versions of the poster are available by clicking here.
The centerpiece of the poster is the 286-foot Philippi Covered bridge, which still carries traffic on major highway US 250 across the Tygart River in Philippi. The bridge – built in 1852 – was used by both sides during the American Civil War.
Other notable bridges included on the poster include the Carrollton Covered Bridge in Barbour County – badly damaged by fire in 2017 and painstakingly restored by WVDOT’s own District 7 bridge crews – and the Staats Mill Covered Bridge, which now resides at Cedar Lakes Retreat near Ripley in Jackson County.
Randy Damron, Troy Morgan, Rusty Marks, and Jennifer Dooley of the WVDOT Public Relations Division captured photographs of the historic structures while traveling around the state, while graphics designer Chris Moynahan laid out the poster.
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