Scuppernong River Bridge, also known as the Main Street Bridge, Tyrrell County No. 4 Bridge, and Columbia Bridge, is a historic bridge located at Columbia, Tyrrell County, North Carolina. It was built in 1926, and is a 566-foot-long, two-lane bridge. Spanning the Scuppernong River, it consists of a steel Warren-type pony truss swing span measuring 123 feet long, and 22 concrete pile-supported timber approach spans. It is the only manually-operated pony truss swing-span bridge remaining in North Carolina.[2]
Scuppernong River Bridge | |
 Scuppernong River Bridge, March 2015 | |
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| Location | US 64 Bus. across the Scuppernong R., Columbia, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°55′2″N 76°15′19″W / 35.91722°N 76.25528°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1926 |
| Built by | NC State Highway Commission |
| Architectural style | Warren ponytruss swing span |
| NRHP reference No. | 92000078[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 5, 1992 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Ray McClees-Chairman and Laura Wolke (December 1991). "Scuppernong River Bridge" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
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