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The project to build the bridge was started in 1894 when Catawba County Commissioners requested nearby owners of the Bunker Hill Farm to build and maintain a bridge that would cross Lyle Creek on the old Island Ford Road (a former Native American trail). According to local archives, Ramsour found the Haupt truss design in a book.
Scuppernong River Bridge: 1926, 1927 1992-03-05 Columbia: Tyrrell: Warren ponytruss swing span Skeen's Mill Covered Bridge: 1885–1900 1972-01-20 Flint Hill: Randolph: Town lattice-truss/queenpost Southern Railway Company Overhead Bridge: 1919 2007-04-19
There are only three authentic covered bridges in the U.S. state of North Carolina of which one is historic. [1] A covered bridge is considered authentic not due to its age, but by its construction. An authentic bridge is constructed using trusses rather than other methods such as stringers, a popular choice for non-authentic covered bridges.
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Bunker Hill Covered Bridge [1] Catawba: Claremont: 1895 81 feet (25 m) Lyle Creek Catawba County Historical Association [5] Haupt: Only bridge in the US using this design [6] Pisgah Community Covered Bridge [1] Randolph: Pisgah
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The entrance to the cemetery is located across the street from the University of Georgia’s Sanford Stadium making it a well-known cemetery for thousands of people throughout Georgia.
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