Poinsett Bridge

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Built by Joel Poinsett (the man who introduced America to the Poinsettia Christmas flower) as part of the Greenville to Asheville Road.

Overview: Gothic stone arch bridge over Little Gap Creek near Tigerville
Location: Greenville County, South Carolina
Status: Open to pedestrians only
Future prospects: Part of a trail within the nature preserve.
History: Built 1820 by Joel Poinsett
Builder: - Joel Poinsett
Design: Gothic Stone Arch
Dimensions: Total length: 130.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 22, 1970
Approximate latitude, longitude: +35.12939, -82.38428 (decimal degrees)
35°07'46" N, 82°23'03" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 17/373877/3888269 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Zirconia
Inventory numbers: NRHP 70000590 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 37636 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Poinsett Bridge

Posted March 31, 2015, by ArtS (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

A little write-up on the bridge's haunting with a nice picture: