Status: Open to traffic
Location: 35.234472,-80.833084
Carries Norfolk Southern RR over U.S. Route 29, and North Carolina Route 49 (North Tryon Street)
Design: slab
Design Details: Slab
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Slab bridge over U.S. Route 29, and North Carolina Route 49 (North Tryon Street) on Norfolk Southern railroad
History: Costing $150,000 to complete, this was officially dedicated on October 4, 1939.
Built: 1939
Location: Mecklenburg County
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North Tryon Street Railroad Underpass
From East 12th Street to the south
Photo taken by Chris Patriarca in March 2006
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Looking SW
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Looking West
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Looking West
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Looking NW
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Looking NE
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Looking NNE
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Looking South
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 35.293202,-80.985838
Carries CSX RR over Long Creek
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck plate girder
Total Length: 287.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: 1911 Deck plate girder bridge over Long Creek on CSX RR
History: Built 1911
Built: 1911
Location: Mecklenburg County
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372041
Looking North
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016
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Detail
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Detail
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Detail
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East abutment
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016
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Detail
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Detail
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Detail
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West abutment
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016
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Detail
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Detail
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Remnants of previous piers
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016
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Detail
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Detail
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West abutment
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016
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Looking East
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016
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East abutment
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016
372061
Looking East
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016
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Looking East
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 35.292924,-80.985986
Carries PNRWRR over Long Creek
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck plate girder
Total Length: 276.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: 1911 Deck plate girder bridge over Long Creek on PNRWRR
History: Built 1911
Built: 1911
Location: Mecklenburg County
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372063
Looking North
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016
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Looking East
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016
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Looking East
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016
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Looking East
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016
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Detail
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Detail
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Detail
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Detail
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016
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West abutment
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016
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Detail
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Detail
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Detail
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Detail
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Looking East
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016
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Detail
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Detail
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Detail
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Looking East
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016
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East abitment
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016
372092
Looking North
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in July 2016
Status: Don't know
Location: 35.227013,-80.823605
Carries CSXRR over Seigle Ave
Design: slab
Design Details: Slab
Total Length: 49.9 Feet
Span Length: 49.9 Feet
Overview: Slab bridge on CSXRR over Seigle Ave
History: Built 1929
Built: 1929
Location: Mecklenburg County
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410202
Looking NE
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Looking East
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Looking SW
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Looking South
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Looking SW
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in November 2017
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Looking West
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Detail
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Looking NE
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 35.227920,-80.824748
Carries CSX RR over Little Sugar Creek
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck plate girder
Total Length: 133.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Deck plate girder bridge over Little Sugar Creek on CSX RR
History:
Built:
Location: Mecklenburg County
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409525
Looking NE
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Looking SW
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Looking NW
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Looking NW
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Looking NW
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 35.237190,-80.829487
Carries NSRR over N. Tryon St
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck plate girder
Total Length: 98.0 Feet
Span Length: 84.0 Feet
Overview: Deck plate girder bridge over N. Tryon St on NSRR
History: Built 1910
Built: 1910
Location: Mecklenburg County
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410313
Looking SW
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Looking West
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Detail
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Looking West
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Looking NNW
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Looking North
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Looking South
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 35.148958,-80.743223
Carries CSX RR over McAlpine Creek
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck plate girder
Total Length: 191.0 Feet
Span Length: 67.0 Feet
Overview: Deck plate girder bridge over McAlpine Creek on CSX RR
History: Built 1911
Built: 1911
Location: Mecklenburg County
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Looking SW
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Detail
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Looking NW
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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SE abutment
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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SE abutment
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Looking NW
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Looking NW
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Looking NW
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Looking West
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
Status: Partially standing P&N trestle removed NS RR has two flyover trestles above
Location: 35.233296,-80.846464
Carries NS RR over West 6th Street
Design: beam/tee
Design Details: Tee beam
Total Length: 80.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Abandoned concrete tee beam bridge over West 6th Street on NS RR
History: Intraurban Hydroelectric Railway bridge
Built: 1929
Location: Mecklenburg County
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408423
Looking NW
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Looking West
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Looking SW
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Looking SE
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Detail
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Looking NE
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Looking NE
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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Looking North
Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2017
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NW View October 2021
Photo taken from the center of West 6th Street
Photo taken by Jill Read in October 2021
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Pedestrian Tunnel Detail
SE view of the Pedestrian Tunnel entrance.
Photo taken by Jill Read in October 2021
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West 6th Street P&N Trestle
Intraurban Hydroelectric Piedmont & Northern Railway trestle built in 1929 has been removed. Two Norfolk & Southern railroad trestles have been flown over the West 6th Street Bridge.
Photo taken by Jill Read in October 2021
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East view
Photo of the West 6th Street Bridge taken from the nearby cemetery.
Photo taken by Jill Read in October 2021
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Concrete Art
Grandaddy George Edwin Biddix was the construction foreman who built this series of bridges in Charlotte, NC October 1929
Photo taken by Jill Read in October 2021
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Hydroelectric water management
All the P&N Railway bridges have a culvert system built nearby or as part of the bridge. This culvert is downstream of the West 6th Street Bridge directing water flow past a cemetery.
Photo taken by Jill Read in October 2021
Status: Destroyed by fire
Location: 35.348688,-80.973085
Carries Charlotte & Lincolnton Plank Road over Catawba River
Design: truss/through/lattice
Design Details: Lattice through truss (Covered?)
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Lattice through truss bridge over Catawba River on Charlotte & Lincolnton Plank Road
History: Built in 1849 by David M. Renno; destroyed by fire in 1865.
Built: 1849
Location: Mecklenburg County
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Rozzell's Ferry Bridge
The Southern Home: January 18 1875
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Rozzell's Ferry Bridge
The Asheville Weekly Citizen: October 9 1890
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Rozzell's Ferry Bridge
The Charlotte News: May 23 1901
Status: Destroyed by flooding
Location: 35.349314,-80.973127
Carries Rozzell's Ferry Road over Catawba River
Design: truss/through/camelback
Design Details: Camelback through truss
Total Length: 612.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Camelback through truss bridge over Catawba River on Rozzell's Ferry Road
History: Built in 1909-10 by the York Bridge Company; destroyed by flooding in 1916.
Built: 1909
Location: Mecklenburg County
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459925
Rozzell's Ferry Bridge
The Evening Chronicle: April 6 1909
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Rozzell's Ferry Bridge
The Lincoln County News: April 27 1909
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Rozzell's Ferry Bridge
The Evening Mascot: May 25 1909
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Rozzell's Ferry Bridge
The Evening Mascot: June 4 1909
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Rozzell's Ferry Bridge
The Charlotte Observer: August 31 1909
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Rozzell's Ferry Bridge
The Evening Chronicle: September 11 1909
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Rozzell's Ferry Bridge
The Evening Chronicle: September 11 1909
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Rozzell's Ferry Bridge
The Evening Chronicle: September 11 1909
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Rozzell's Ferry Bridge
1 of 3
The Newton Enterprise: February 10 1910
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Rozzell's Ferry Bridge
2 of 3
The Newton Enterprise: February 10 1910
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Rozzell's Ferry Bridge
3 of 3
The Newton Enterprise: February 10 1910
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 35.349558,-80.972771
Carries Rozzell's Ferry Road over Catawba River
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Through truss
Total Length: 606.0 Feet
Span Length: 202.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Through truss bridge over Catawba River on Rozzell's Ferry Road
History: Built in 1919; raised and lengthened in 1922-23 for creation of a reservoir.
Built: 1919
Location: Mecklenburg County
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459937
Rozzell's Ferry Bridge
The Charlotte News: July 18 1916
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Rozzell's Ferry Bridge
The Charlotte News: July 30 1916
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Rozzell's Ferry Bridge
The Charlotte News: April 3 1919
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Rozzell's Ferry Bridge
The Charlotte News: August 11 1922
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 35.349207,-80.972504
Carries Rozzell's Ferry Road over Catawba River
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Through truss
Total Length: 1010.0 Feet
Span Length: 202.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Through truss bridge over Catawba River on Rozzell's Ferry Road
History: Built in 1922-23 by raising the 3 1919 spans and adding 2 additional ones.
Built: 1922
Location: Mecklenburg County
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459941
Rozzell's Ferry Bridge
The Lincoln County News: August 9 1923
Status: Open to traffic (Northbound structure)
Location: 35.350102,-80.972131
Carries Rozzell's Ferry Road (NC 16) over Catawba River
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck plate girder
Total Length: 1059.0 Feet
Span Length: 203.8 Feet
Overview: Deck plate girder bridge over Catawba River on Rozzell's Ferry Road (NC 16)
History: Built in 1955-56
Built: 1956
Location: Mecklenburg County
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Rozzell's Ferry Bridge
The Gastonia Gazette: June 14 1955
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Rozzell's Ferry Bridge
The Gastonia Gazette: June 14 1955
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Rozzell's Ferry Bridge
Rocky Mount Telegram: July 22 1956
Status: Open to traffic
Part of the Little Sugar Creek Greenway
Location: 35.216550,-80.834800
Carries NC 16/East 3rd Street over Little Sugar Creek
Design: culvert
Design Details: Concrete Three Culvert Bridge
Total Length: 37.1 Feet
Span Length: 12.1 Feet
Overview: Culvert bridge over Little Sugar Creek on NC 16/East 3rd Street
History: Built to support the Intraurban Hydroelectric Railway with water management culverts in Little Sugar Creek that also has a pedestrian culvert/tunnel and is used as a bridge for 16S/3rd St which was the entrance to Thompson Orphanage.
Built: 1929
Location: Mecklenburg County
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Edwin Bridge @ Thompson Park
West facing view
Photo taken by Jill Read in September 2021
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Tunnel entrance facing east-downstream
Photo taken by Jill Read in September 2021
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Inside the Pedestrian Tunnel
The drain channels on the south side have been filled with sand
Photo taken by Jill Read in September 2021
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Twin culverts in Little Sugar Creek
Photo taken by Jill Read in September 2021
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Pedestrian culvert tunnel entrance
Photo taken by Jill Read in September 2021
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Concrete culvert walls
Hand formed and poured in sections
Photo taken by Jill Read in September 2021
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Concrete wall closeup
Photo taken by Jill Read in September 2021
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Lentil detail peeking through the ivy
Photo taken by Jill Read in September 2021
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Edwin Bridge @ Thompson Park sculpture
Photo taken by Jill Read in September 2021
Status: Open to traffic
Part of the Little Sugar Creek Greenway
Location: 35.217259,-80.833639
Carries 4th Street over Little Sugar Creek
Design: culvert/concrete
Design Details: Concrete culvert
Total Length: 37.1 Feet
Span Length: 12.1 Feet
Overview: Concrete culvert bridge over Little Sugar Creek on East 4th Street
History: Built to support the Intraurban Hydroelectric Railway with water management culverts in Little Sugar Creek and a pedestrian culvert/tunnel, used as a bridge for 4th St.
Built: 1929
Location: Mecklenburg County
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Diana Bridge southern culvert entrance
East 4th Street traverses three concrete culverts placed across Little Sugar Creek in Elizabeth Park
Photo taken by Jill Read 11/11/2021
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Pedestrian tunnel north entrance
Photo taken by Jill Read 11/11/2021
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Storm water drain on west interior wall of pedestrian tunnel
Photo taken by Jill Read 11/11/2021
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Pedestrian tunnel in a storm
Water drains off the parking lot for Thompson and Elizabeth Parks during a storm.
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Little Sugar Creek culverts on north side
Photo taken by Jill Read 11/11/2021
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Diana Bridge from parking area above
Photo taken by Jill Read 11/11/2021
Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S - Dismantled and/or in storage. L - Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.
