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Laurel Creek or Lillydale or Arnott, Monroe County

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Inventory Number: WV/48-32-01
County: Monroe County
Township: Springfield
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Laurel Creek or Lillydale or Arnott
Crosses: Laurel Creek
Truss type: Queen
Spans: 1
Length: 25'
Roadway Width: 13'
Built: 1911
Builder: Lewis Miller (abutments), Robert Arnott (bridge)
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N37 33.675
Longitude: W080 37.589
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 3.2 miles southwest of jct WV3 on US219, then 2.8 miles right on Lillydale / Back Creek Rd. (CR219/7), then 1.2 miles right on Laurel Creek Rd. (CR23/5), then 0.7 miles left on CR219/11 and 0.2 miles left on CR23/4. Southwest of Union.

Laurel Creek or Lillydale or Arnott Bridge, Springfield, Monroe County, WV Built 1911
Bill Caswell Photo, July 27, 2008

Laurel Creek or Lillydale or Arnott Bridge, Springfield, Monroe County, WV Built 1911
Bob Sheldon Photo, November 7, 2009

Laurel Creek or Lillydale or Arnott Bridge, Springfield, Monroe County, WV Built 1911
Todd Clark Collection

Laurel Creek or Lillydale or Arnott Bridge, Springfield, Monroe County, WV Built 1911
B. Drake Photo, October 19, 1962, Richard E. Roy Collection, NSPCB Archives

Comments:
Laurel Creek is the shortest authentic covered bridge in West Virginia. It was built of oak for $365 and completed in August 1911. A steel deck was added in 1976, but removed during renovations in 2000 by Hoke Brothers of Union, WV. The 2000 renovation cost $248,692.

Sources:
Auvil, Myrtle. Covered Bridges of West Virginia Past & Present, 1973, page 68
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume XXXIV, No. 3, Summer 1976, page 13
Wood, Miriam F. & Simmons, David A.. Covered Bridges: Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, 2007, pages 271, 278
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 160

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