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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.
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
Today, two covered bridges remain: Green Sergeant's Covered Bridge (19th century) and Scarborough Bridge (1959). [6] U.S. New York: Twenty-four historic covered bridges identified by New York Society of Covered Bridges. U.S. North Carolina: Two remain, the Pisgah and Bunker Hill. [7] U.S. Ohio
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Only bridge in the US using this design [6] Pisgah Community Covered Bridge [1] Randolph: Pisgah: ca. 1910: 51 feet (16 m) Upper branch of the Little River Private: Modified queen: Will Henry Stevens Covered Bridge [7]: 61 Macon: Highlands
The Bunker Hill Covered Bridge is one of two covered bridges left in North Carolina, (the other being the Pisgah Covered Bridge in Randolph County), and is possibly the last wooden bridge in the United States with Haupt truss construction. [2] It was built in 1895 by Andrew Loretz Ramsour (1817–1906) in Claremont, North Carolina, and crosses ...
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The bridge was built in 1911 by J. J. Welch at a cost of $40. [3] It is a one-lane bridge, 54 feet in length. The bridge eventually became obsolete when it could no longer handle the increased traffic, but it remains as a tourist attraction located at 6925 Pisgah Covered Bridge Road, west of the community of Pisgah. The road now crosses a ...