Belmont Bridge

THE BELMONT COVERED BRIDGE

from Wheeling Island to the Bridgeport, Ohio, this bridge carried the National Road from 1836 until it was replaced in 1893 by the present iron bridge. It was designed by Lewis Wernway.
Auvil, Myrtle. Covered Bridges of West Virginia. Parsons : McClain, 1973.


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