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Hoke's Mill, Greenbrier County

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Inventory Number: WV/48-13-02
County: Greenbrier County
Township:
Town/Village: Irish Corner
Bridge Name: Hoke's Mill
Crosses: Second Creek
Truss type: Long Variation
Spans: 1
Length: 82'
Roadway Width: 12'
Built: 1899
Builder: Man, McDowell & Erwin
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N37 41.838
Longitude: W080 31.489
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 0.3 miles south of jct WV63 (west) on US219, then 3.6 miles right on CR48 (River Rd.) and 1.4 miles right (ahead) on CR62 (just north of Monroe County line). Southwest of Ronceverte.

Hoke's Mill Bridge, Irish Corner, Greenbrier County, WV Built 1899
Bill Caswell Photo, July 27, 2008

Hoke's Mill Bridge, Irish Corner, Greenbrier County, WV Built 1899
Bob Sheldon Photo, November 6, 2009

Hoke's Mill Bridge, Irish Corner, Greenbrier County, WV Built 1899
Edgar Q. Rooker Photo, June 13, 1971, NSPCB Archives

Hoke's Mill Bridge, Irish Corner, Greenbrier County, WV Built 1899
G. Thomas Toy Photo, 1990's, NSPCB Archives

Comments:
Bypassed. The bridge cost under $1000 to construct in 1899. In 2001, it was dismantled, repaired and reassembled by Allegheny Restoration of Morgantown, WV for $391,646.

Sources:
Auvil, Myrtle. Covered Bridges of West Virginia Past & Present, 1973, pages 59-61
http://www.transportation.wv.gov/highways/bridge_facts/covered-bridges/Pages/HokesMillCoveredBridge.aspx
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume XXXIV, No. 3, Summer 1976, page 11
Wood, Miriam F. & Simmons, David A.. Covered Bridges: Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, 2007, pages 260, 277
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 158

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