Camel Back Truss Bridge - Chatham City, NC
N 35° 34.238 W 079° 14.469
17S E 659383 N 3937750
This bridge is also known as the Deep River Bridge.
Waymark Code: WM496X
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 07/24/2008
Views: 83
This bridge is registered as a Historic Place.
This pin-connected, 8-panel Camelback Pratt through-truss structure once carried highway traffic over the Deep River, at the Chatham-Moore County line. The highway has been re-routed, and this bridge is now open to pedestrian traffic, only. It is several hundred feet in length.
The GPS coordinates are for the parking area on the north side of the bridge. To reach from US-421 at the Deep River, go southeast and take a left onto Cumnock Road. Follow the road to the county line. As you cross the river on the new bridge, look to your left for a view of the truss bridge. Continue 0.1 mile north to an intersection with Everett Dowdy Road, and the park entrance, on your left.
Original Use: Vehicle - Car / Truck
Construction: Steel
Condition: Poor
Date Built: Not listed
See this website for more information: Not listed
Date Abandoned: Not listed
Bridge Status - Orphaned or Adopted.: Not listed
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