8- VIRGINIA TECH U....THREE NEARBY COVERED BRIDGES and ONE "DIRTY DANCING".....

Take a neat adventure to the three nearby Covered Bridges past Blacksburg and some of the filming of "Dirty Dancing" at Mountain Lake. ron rascal has said it for a looong time that adventures in life are extremely important to maintaining one's, uh, "mojoe."
A) Mountain Lake....take U.S. 460 from Blacksburg to Rte. 700, ending in the mts. at Mountain Lake. Many portions of "Dirty Dancing" were filmed at the once popular old mountain resort here! Problem....later, over time, a fissure developed below the lake and naturally drained much of the lake.
B) Three old covered bridges past Virginia Tech U. in Giles County....
-Link Farm Covered Bridge...sits beside Rte. 700 (Mountain Lake Road), just north of
U.S. 460, west of Blacksburg and close to the village of Newport...private property! (Giles
C.)
-Sinking Creek Bridge...stands beside Rte. 601. Need to follow U.S. 42 north, through
the village of Newport, past for 1/2 mi....turn west on Rte. 601...go 1/2 mi. (Giles C.)
-C.K. REYNOLDS FARM BRIDGE...on side side of U.S. 42...about on 1/2 mi. north of
Newport village. Private property. Rte. 42 will be up high...when you look to your right,
down into a small valley with mts. on over side, you'll have to adjust your eyes to see Sinking
Creek, the Reynols farm and the neat, small bridge. No longer used for car traffic, but is
for farm use! Neat abandoned "ghost farmhouse" across the stream. This covered bridge
is my fave!....the valley and mountain setting and "ghose farmhouse!" (Giles C.)
C) Your drive and exploration past Virginia Tech, on U.R. 460, through the
mountains is so worth your road trip!!!!