Scuppernong River Bridge Explained

Scuppernong River Bridge
Location:US 64 Bus. across the Scuppernong R., Columbia, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.9172°N -76.2553°W
Builder:NC State Highway Commission
Architecture:Warren ponytruss swing span
Added:March 5, 1992
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:92000078

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.[1]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ray McClees-Chairman and Laura Wolke. Scuppernong River Bridge. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . December 1991. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.