Humpback Bridge Ornament

$42.00

Humpback Bridge Ornament

Description

Humpback Bridge Ornament

The venerable Humpback Bridge lays claim to being the oldest of Virginia’s remaining covered bridges. Located in Alleghany County, just west of Covington, it was built in 1857.

It was part of the James River and Kanawha Turnpike and succeeds three other bridges at the site. It stretches over Dunlap Creek, a tributary of the Jackson River that joins the Cowpasture River near Iron Gate to form the James River.

The first structure was built in the 1820s and was washed away by a flood on May 12, 1837. The second fellvictim to the flood of July 13, 1842.

The third, as the annual report of the turnpike company put it, “gave way” in 1856.

The 100-foot-long, single-span structure is four feet higher at its center than it is at either end, thus the name, “Humpback”. Traffic across the bridge ceased in 1929 when it was replaced with a “modern” steel truss bridge.

2010

3-5/16 ins diameter

Additional information

Artist

P. Buckley Moss

Subject

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Medium

Type

Limited Edition, Numbered Edition

Size

Small

Orientation

Location

Covington, Virginia

Year

Color

Pale Brown, Ash Gray, Black, Brown, Charcoal Grey, Dove Gray, Pearl White, Sky Blue

Season

Winter

Holiday

UPC

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