Scuppernong River Bridge

Scuppernong River Bridge

Scuppernong River Bridge, March 2015
Location US 64 Bus. across the Scuppernong R., Columbia, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°55′2″N 76°15′19″W / 35.91722°N 76.25528°W / 35.91722; -76.25528Coordinates: 35°55′2″N 76°15′19″W / 35.91722°N 76.25528°W / 35.91722; -76.25528
Area less than one acre
Built 1926 (1926)
Built by NC State Highway Commission
Architectural style Warren ponytruss swing span
NRHP Reference # 92000078[1]
Added to NRHP March 5, 1992

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. 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]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 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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