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Sinking Creek, Giles County

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Inventory Number: VA/46-35-01
County: Giles County
Township:
Town/Village: Newport
Bridge Name: Sinking Creek
Crosses: Sinking Creek
Truss type: Segmented Tied Arch
Spans: 1
Length: 70'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1916
Builder: James Maurice Puckett
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N37 18.418
Longitude: W080 29.860
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 1.0 miles east-northeast of jct US460 on VA42, then 0.6 miles left on west side of bypassed section of VA601 (Clover Hollow Rd.).
Comments: This bridge was listed as 46-36-01 in earlier World Guides.

Sinking Creek Bridge, Newport, Giles County, VA Built 1916 (June 1968 Photo)
Virginia Department of Transportation Files

Sinking Creek Bridge, Newport, Giles County, VA Built 1916
Steve Pierce Photo

Sinking Creek Bridge, Newport, Giles County, VA Built 1916
Bill Caswell Photo, June 4, 2011

Sources:
Virginia Department of Highways. List of Covered Bridges in Virginia, ca. late 1940s; copy in history files, Virginia Transportation Research Council, Charlottesville, Virginia provided by Leola and Steve Pierce
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 154

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