Concrete bridge along route of former US 64 -- Pittsboro, NC.
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N 35° 43.320 W 079° 11.562
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Concrete traffic bridge along the old course of US 64 in Pittsboro, NC.
Waymark Code: WM1R3J
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 06/28/2007
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The concrete bridge sits on the old course of US 64 where it crosses a tributary of Robeson Creek, just off the southwest corner of the walking trail that circles the campus of Central Carolina Community College in Pittsboro, NC. The site currently has a picnic area on the west side of the creek. The course of US 64 used to run along what was called "Old Siler City Road", but later moved to a parallel track just to the south. With the widened 64 bypass that opened a few years ago north of Pittsboro, that road is now 64 Business, and is visible when standing on the old bridge during wintertime.
The bridge resembles a number of concrete bridges in Chatham County, NC, at least four of them along the old route of US 64 heading west from Pittsboro. These bridges all bear plaques indicating that they were built by the Atlantic Bridge Company in the early 1920s. A fifth crosses the Haw River in Bynum, and is a waymark in this category.
The plaque on the bridge reads: "BUILT BY / STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA / WITH / FEDERAL AND COUNTY AID / PROJECT NO. 99-B / 1921 / ATLANTIC BRIDGE COMPANY / CONTRACTORS / ROANOKE, VA -- CHARLOTTE, NC".
To get to the bridge, park at CCCC and pick up the walking trail near the gardens on the southwest corner of the campus. A CCCC landscaping class used tree limbs to erect a modest arching gate and a sign reading "Paradise Bridge" at the opening to the short trail which leads to the old bridge.