From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pisgah Covered Bridge
Pisgah Covered Bridge
Pisgah Community Covered Bridge Preservation
U.S. National Register of Historic Places Since 1998, the North Carolina Zoo Society has collabo-
rated with the North Carolina Department of Transporta-
tion, the Piedmont Land Conservancy, and the Landtrust
for Central North Carolina to maintain and refurbish the
bridge. The bridge was washed away by a flood on August
9, 2003, but was rebuilt the next year using much of the
original materials that were retrieved by local area vol-
unteers. The restoration was able to salvage about 90 per-
cent of the materials from the original structure. The
bridge is assumed originally to have had a shingle roof;
however, it was replaced with tin in the 1930s. In the
restoration, the roof was shingled.
Location: Asheboro, North Carolina
There is now a gate on the road leading to the bridge,
Coordinates: 35°32′31.56″N 79°53′37.97″W / 35.5421°N however, it is open to the public daily from dawn to dusk.
79.8938806°W / 35.5421;
-79.8938806Coordinates: 35°32′31.56″N
79°53′37.97″W / 35.5421°N 79.8938806°W / Sightseeing
35.5421; -79.8938806
There is a quarter-mile trail through the woods on site.
Built: 1911 The trail crosses footbridges and passes a baptismal pool,
downstream from the bridge.
NRHP Reference#: 72000988
NRHP:
Added to NRHP: January 20, 1972
Notes
Pisgah Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge that [1] The N.C. Zoo Society web page says 1911; the fall
spans the west fork of the Little River in Randolph Coun- 2003 edition of the Newsletter of the National
ty, North Carolina. It is one of two remaining original his- Association for the Preservation of Covered Bridges says
toric covered bridges in the state, (the other being the 1910; still other websites have a date of 1903
Bunker Hill Covered Bridge in Claremont North Carolina) without a reference.
and is designated as a both a local and federal historic
landmark.
References
History • "The Pisgah Covered Bridge in Randolph County,
North Carolina Lost in Flood". Newsletter of the
The bridge was built by 1911 by J. J. Welch at a cost of National Association for the Preservation of Covered
$40.[1] It is a one-lane bridge, 54 feet in length. The bridge Bridges. Fall 2003.
eventually became obsolete when it could no longer han-
dle the increased traffic, but it remains as a tourist attrac-
tion located at 6925 Pisgah Covered Bridge Road, west of
External links
the community of Pisgah. The road now crosses a nearby • Official website
two-lane concrete bridge built in the 1950s. • Randolph County Historic Landmark Preservation
Commission
• Pisgah Bridge Fact Sheet
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Categories: Bridges completed in 1910, Covered bridges in North Carolina, Randolph County, North Carolina, Bridges
on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina, Wooden bridges in the United States
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