Scuppernong River Bridge

US 64 Bus. across the Scuppernong R., Columbia, North Carolina. County/parish: Tyrrell.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 05, 1992. NRIS 92000078.

1 contributing structure.

Also known as:

  • Columbia Brid
  • Main Street Bridge
  • Tyrrell County No. 4 Bridge

From Wikipedia:

Scuppernong River Bridge

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.

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

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722371