The Mays Blaney Covered Bridge was built in 1882 utilizing the Queenpost design that crosses Middle Wheeling Creek in Washington County, Pennsylvania. The builder is unknown.  The bridge is 31 feet 6 inches long and 11 feet 10 inches wide. The structure is owned and maintained by the county and is open to vehicle traffic.

Mays Blaney Bridge has outlived the record of its origins, with the exception of the date of construction in 1882. It is located along a remote gravel township road in a quiet secluded valley.  like many other Washington County bridges, the May Blaney is painted barn red inside and out and has vertical plank siding on both the sides and portals, a tin-covered gable roof, and a deck of crosswise vertical planking. It also has two windows on each side, together with narrow openings under the eaves. The May Blaney rests on stone and mortar abutments that extend into wing walls.

It has additional timber trestles that rest in the streambed and support the deck.  The bridge is believed to be named for J. Blaney, who at one time owned land to the east of the bridge.  It is also called the Blaney Covered Bridge.

It is interesting to note that, as late as 1952, much of the bridge's original pine siding remained fully intact, even after repairs were made to the bridge in the early 1900s. This bridge has been refurbished in 2006.

Of the 1,500 covered bridges that once stood in the state of Pennsylvania, as of 2019, approximately 200 remain.

Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1979.

Located at:  N40 05.293    W80 29.247     -     WGCB #38-63-23

Photographed in July of 2019.