Got You Covered
by Geri Glavis
Title
Got You Covered
Artist
Geri Glavis
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Pisgah Covered Bridge, Asheboro, North Carolina, One of North Carolina's two remaining historic covered bridges. Built in 1911 the bridge is 54 feet in length and crosses the West Fork Branch of the Little River within the Uwharrie National Forest.
Pisgah Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge that spans the west fork of the Little River in Randolph County, North Carolina. It is one of two remaining original historic covered bridges in the state, (the other being the Bunker Hill Covered Bridge in Claremont, North Carolina) and is designated as a both a local and federal historic landmark
History
The bridge was built by 1911 by J. J. Welch at a cost of $40.[1] It is a one-lane bridge, 54 feet in length. The bridge eventually became obsolete when it could no longer handle the increased traffic, but it remains as a tourist attraction located at 6925 Pisgah Covered Bridge Road, west of the community of Pisgah. The road now crosses a nearby two-lane concrete bridge built in the 1950s.
Preservation
Since 1998, the North Carolina Zoo Society has collaborated with the North Carolina Department of Transportation, 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 volunteers. The restoration was able to salvage about 90 percent 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.
There is now a gate on the road leading to the bridge, however, it is open to the public daily from dawn to dusk.
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February 9th, 2013
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Comments (34)
Marilyn McNish
Gotta love these covered bridges! Goes to prove how much our fore fathers knew, as they're still standing and useful! Love this capture! v mm
Sydne Archambault
Bridges are very popular picturesque pieces. You have brought out so many wonderful fall colors in this capture. Well done!
Edward Fielding
What a beautiful covered bridge, expertly captured! Love the stone ramp and supports. Obviously NC is proud of their remaining covered bridges (not a lot of snow down there I suppose!). We have tons of covered bridges here in VT and NH but they typically have lots of trees around them making them difficult to isolate in a photo. This one is a real stunner with those buttresses on the sides.