{"nrhp_refnum":"92000078","name":"Scuppernong River Bridge","other_names":["Main Street Bridge","Tyrrell County No. 4 Bridge","Columbia Brid"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"US 64 Bus. across the Scuppernong R.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbia","county":"Tyrrell County","state":"NC","lat":35.91743149200005,"lon":-76.25494344799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-03-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-lane, 566-foot bridge carrying U.S. 64 Business over the Scuppernong River narrows at the western edge of downtown Columbia, Tyrrell County, North Carolina. Built in 1926, it has a steel Warren pony truss swing span and timber approach spans.","why_significant":"The nomination argues local significance under Criterion A for transportation, as a reminder of the Good Roads Movement that ended Tyrrell County's isolation by completing U.S. 64 across Piney Marsh into Columbia. It argues statewide significance under Criterion C for engineering, as North Carolina's oldest drawbridge and its only manually operated truss swing span remaining on its original site. The bridge also keeps a high degree of integrity and links visually to Columbia's historic downtown.","narrative":"Carrying U.S. 64 Business into downtown Columbia, this 566-foot bridge crosses the Scuppernong River narrows in Tyrrell County, North Carolina. Completed in 1926 to replace a timber trestle and drawbridge, it combines a 123-foot steel Warren pony truss swing span, fabricated by the Virginia Bridge and Iron Company of Roanoke, with twenty-two timber approach spans on concrete piles. The swing span is turned by hand-driven capstans and has no electrical drive. The bridge was the last link in extending U.S. 64 across Piney Marsh, ending the isolation of Columbia and the county, and its 1927 dedication drew a county-wide celebration. It is described as the state's oldest drawbridge and its only manually operated truss swing span still on its original site. Alterations have been limited to repairs in 1949, a timber replacement and repainting in 1979 to 1980, and removal of the tender's house and traffic gates. It remains a visual link to the historic commercial blocks of Main Street.","period_of_significance":"1926 - 1941","architect_builder":"N.C. State Highway Commission","architectural_style":"Other: Warren Ponytruss Swing Span","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in its original location with all original functioning parts operable; the state transportation department was pursuing plans to remove it at the time of the form.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.142131-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/71/7223/47722371/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/92000078.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000078/f054b9ce3f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000078/f054b9ce3f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"HarmonyReignPope","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scuppernong_River_Bridge,_seen_from_boardwalk..jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">HarmonyReignPope</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scuppernong_River_Bridge,_seen_from_boardwalk..jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"94000219","name":"Columbia Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/columbia-historic-district-94000219/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722371","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuppernong_River_Bridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20486963"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/tyrrell-county/scuppernong-river-bridge-92000078/"}