S of Mt. Jackson on VA 720 over North Fork of Shenandoah River, Mt. Jackson, Virginia. County/parish: Shenandoah.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 10, 1975. NRIS 75002037.
1 contributing structure.
Meems Bottom Covered Bridge (also Meem's Bottom Covered Bridge) is in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States. The bridge, at 204 feet (62 m), is the longest covered bridge in Virginia and one of the last that supports regular traffic. Near the town of Mount Jackson, the Meems Bottom Covered Bridge features a 200-foot single-span wooden Burr arch structure. Built in 1892 by Franklin Hiser Wissler, the wooden bridge over the North Fork of the Shenandoah River provided access to his apple orchards at Strathmore Farms. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 10, 1975.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683627