Hunting Creek Railroad Bridge Explained

Hunting Creek Railroad Bridge
Location:Hunting Creek N of US 64 & 70 between jct. of Stonebridge Rd. & E. Union St., Morganton, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.7514°N -81.6586°W
Built:c.
Added:November 9, 1987
Refnum:87001923

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.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Suzanne Pickens Wylie. Hunting Creek Railroad Bridge. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . July 1986. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.