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Visible are the historic Philippi Covered Bridge spanning the Tygart Valley River and the main administrative building and chapel of Alderson-Broaddus College atop " Battle Hill " ( upper left ) overlooking the town.
The Philippi Covered Bridge spelled the end of the commercial ferry operation and is the town's prominent landmark.
The campus occupies a rolling hilltop overlooking the Tygart Valley River and the community of Philippi with its county courthouse, church spires and the historic Philippi Covered Bridge used by both Confederate and Union troops during the first land battle of the Civil War.
U. S. 250 in West Virginia includes the Philippi Covered Bridge at Philippi, the only covered bridge on the United States Numbered Highway System.
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