Harrisburg Covered Bridge - Harrisburg, TN - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

Spaning the East Fork of the Little Pigeon River, this covered bridge, replace one that was washed out in 1875. The community and county hired Elbert Stephenson Early to build the 83-foot long bridge at a cost of at least $75 plus wood and labor. The amount would be around $20,000 in today's currency.

The bridge probably owes its continued existence to at least two events. In 1915, the county built a new road that bypassed Harrisburg, which greatly decreased traffic across it. Around 1975, the Great Smokies and Spencer Clack Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) raised funds to repair the bridge. They also listed it on the National Register of Historic Places to help obtain future funding for its continued maintenance. Further renovation also occurred in 2005 to give it a 15 tons weight limit.

Street address: S of Harrisburg off U.S. 411 over East Fork of Little Pigeon River Harrisburg, TN USA 37876 County / Borough / Parish: Sevier County Year listed: 1975 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1875-1899 Historic function: Transportation Current function: Transportation Privately owned?: no Season start / Season finish: From: 01/01/2011 To: 12/31/2011 Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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Date Logged Log User Rating   09/08/2011 RNsleuth visited it