Hunting Creek Railroad Bridge is a historic stone railroad bridge located at Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It was built about 1860, and is a two-span, stone arch bridge. It measures 130 feet long and stands about 24 feet above the creek. It was replaced by another bridge by at least 1890.[2]
Hunting Creek Railroad Bridge | |
Location | Hunting Creek N of US 64 & 70 between jct. of Stonebridge Rd. & E. Union St., Morganton, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°45′5″N 81°39′31″W / 35.75139°N 81.65861°W |
Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
Built | c. 1860 |
MPS | Morganton MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 87001923[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 9, 1987 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Suzanne Pickens Wylie (July 1986). "Hunting Creek Railroad Bridge" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
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