Rating:
37636
{83}%
5 votes
Poinsett Bridge
Description
Built by Joel Poinsett (the man who introduced America to the Poinsettia Christmas flower) as part of the Greenville to Asheville Road.
Facts
- 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
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Total length: 130.0 ft.
- Recognition
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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)
Update Log
- August 10, 2017: New photo from Andrew Penik
- September 20, 2013: Photo imported by Michael Miller
- September 8, 2013: New photos from Michael Miller
- August 15, 2013: New photos from Michael Miller
- January 16, 2013: Updated by Andy Peters: adds length
- March 24, 2009: Updated by C Hanchey
- October 15, 2008: Added by Kim Harvey
Sources
- Kim Harvey
- HAER SC-14 - Poinsett Bridge, SC Route 42, 2 miles Northwest of Route 11, 2.5 mi, Tigerville vicinity, Greenville County, SC
- C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Wikipedia
- Andy Peters - anpete1971 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Michael Miller - michael_a_miller [at] yahoo [dot] com
A little write-up on the bridge's haunting with a nice picture:
http://ghostsnghouls.com/2015/03/30/poinsett-bridge-haunted/