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.[2]

Scuppernong River Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Scuppernong River Bridge, March 2015
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Location	US 64 Bus. across the Scuppernong R., Columbia, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°55′2″N 76°15′19″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1926 (1926)
Built by	NC State Highway Commission
Architectural style	Warren ponytruss swing span
NRHP reference No.	92000078[1]
Added to NRHP	March 5, 1992

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Ray McClees-Chairman and Laura Wolke (December 1991). "Scuppernong River Bridge" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.