Humpback Bridge National Historic Landmark Nomination
Bennett L. 2012. Humpback Bridge National Historic Landmark Nomination. National Historic Landmark Nominations. 69000219_NHL. National Park Service. Washington, DC
This document is the National Historic Landmark (NHL) nomination for Humpback Bridge in Covington, Alleghany County, Virginia. The NHL nomination for Humpback Bridge documents its national significance under NHL Criterion 4 as the older of two surviving covered bridges with radically-cambered chords in the United States. The period of national significance is 1857, the year of construction of this timber multiple kingpost truss covered bridge.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Bennett, Lola
- Date of Issue
- 2012-10-16
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Keywords
- covered bridge, Covington, James River & Kanawha Turnpike Company, National Historic Landmark, Virginia