Meem’s Bottom Covered Bridge
Built in 1892 by Franklin Hiser Wissler to provide access to his apple orchards at Strathmore Farms, this is the longest remaining covered bridge in Virginia. a 200-foot single span, located one-half mile northwest, the bridge is a Burr Truss design, a combination of arch with vertical and diagonal supports. All construction materials were obtained locally. Damaged by arsonists in 1976, the bridge was restored and reopened in 1979.
Marker is on Old Valley Turnpike (U.S. 11) south of Wissler Road, on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
