Corolla Wooden Bridge, North Carolina
N 36° 22.457 W 075° 49.975
18S E 425286 N 4025785
Located in Corolla, NC near the Corolla Light House
Waymark Code: WM2BPA
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 10/07/2007
Views: 54
The plaque reads:
When Edward Collings Knight Jr. and his wife, Marie-Louise LeBel, purchased this property in 1922, the Lighthouse Club, a hunting club, already existed on land just to the south. After the Knights completed a new private residence in 1925, they demolished the club, dredged a waterway completely around the house site, and renamed the property Corolla Island. A pair of bridges spanned the waterway.
Since there was no public road to Corolla Island until 1984, access was a challenge. Visitors generally arrived by boat from the mainland or drove on the beach. The Knights and thier servents traveled 33 miles down the sand from Virginia Beach, before crossing thier bridge.
The restored surviving bridge, the main house, and the boathouse are on the National Register of Historic Places.
What type of traffic does this bridge support?: Pedestrian
What kind of gap does this bridge cross?:
Waterway
Date constructed: 1925
Is the bridge still in service for its original purpose?: Yes
Name of road or trail the bridge services: N/A
Location:
Corolla, North Carolina.
Length of bridge: Not listed
Height of bridge: Not listed
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