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Mud River Covered Bridge

Covered bridge · Cabell County, West Virginia

Northern side of the Mud River Covered Bridge, spanning the Mud River near Milton in Cabell County, West Virginia, United States. Built in 1875, the bridge was
Northern side of the Mud River Covered Bridge, spanning the Mud River near Milton in Cabell County, West Virginia, United States. Built in 1875, the bridge was · William Edmund Barrett / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Mud River Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Cabell County, West Virginia. West Virginia has 22 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.

It is about 112 feet long (4th longest of 11 measured in West Virginia).

Status check, 2026-11: Built around 1875–76 (sources split), it was moved from its original Mud River site, where the record's coordinates point, to a pond at Milton's Pumpkin Festival Park, and now carries only foot traffic. Mud River Covered Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 38.4278° N, 82.1343° W.

Key facts

Length112 ft
Heritage designationNational Register of Historic Places listed place
National RegisterListed
Coordinates38.42781, -82.13428

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.