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Chowan River Bridge
Photos
Swing span towed to river bank - current status is unknown
Frogsview's Blog
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BH Photo #242862
Facts
- Overview
- Lost swing truss bridge over Chowan River on US-17
- Location
- Bertie County, North Carolina
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1953
- Design
- Through truss swing
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 212.9 ft.
Total length: 7,922.3 ft. (1.5 mi.)
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.04804, -76.69478 (decimal degrees)
36°02'53" N, 76°41'41" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/347338/3990605 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Edenhouse
- Inventory numbers
- NC 015038 (North Carolina bridge number)
BH 54463 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- June 12, 2016: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
- November 14, 2012: Added by Jared Mixson
Comments
Chowan River Bridge
Two other trusses appear if you continue SE down the shoreline. They seem to in use as docks. Nice that they weren't scrapped. Now, who can figure out where they originated?
Chowan River Bridge
The swing span appears to still exist in Bing and Google aerial views on the Eastern shore. Follow Wharf Landing Drive to the Southeast.
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/70480563
The photo link above shows concrete panels possibly from the deck as well.
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The bridge referenced is indeed the swing span from the old Chowan River bridge, confirmed by the property owner.
My guess as to the structures east of this location is that they came from the old railroad bridge and highway bridge across the sound, replaced by the current route 32 bridge.