Staats Mill Covered Bridge

Staats Mill Covered Bridge, also called Tug Fork Covered Bridge, is a historic wooden covered bridge near Ripley in West Virginia. Built in 1887 under the supervision of Jackson County Court, it originally crossed the Tug Fork of Big Mill Creek beside Enoch Staats' mill and store, reflecting the role of the Staats family in the area's early settlement and community growth. Nearly 100 feet long, it is a notable late-19th-century example of Stephen Long's timber truss design, with distinctive X-braced panels. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, it was moved and reconstructed at Cedar Lakes in 1983 and now serves pedestrians.

West Virginia · United States