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Broad River Bridge

Buncombe County, North Carolina

Photo 

I tried to at least get a decent screenshot of the street view, before that is gone, too.

Photo taken by Jimmy Walters

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BH Photo #486241

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Lost through truss bridge that as of 9/18/2013, was demolished and in the process of being replaced with a newer structure.

"No builder's plaque or plans record the name of the manufacturer of this bridge or its date of construction. The state's bridge maintenance records note that unspecified change were made to it in 1959 and list that as its erection date. The bridge is clearly older and probably dates to about 1920. There is no indication, documentary or physical, that the bridge has ever been relocated or significantly altered."-NCDOT

Facts 

Overview
Lost through truss bridge over Broad River on NC 2797
Location
Buncombe County, North Carolina
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built ca. 1920
Design
Riveted, 5-panel, Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.1 ft.
Total length: 102.0 ft.
Deck width: 11.5 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.51083, -82.25528   (decimal degrees)
35°30'39" N, 82°15'19" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/386167/3930419 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Black Mountain
Average daily traffic (as of 2000)
140
Inventory numbers
NC 210655 (North Carolina bridge number)
BH 23228 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2018)
Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 85 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

5-panel truss (559)
Built during 1920s (10,256)
Buncombe County, North Carolina (36)
Functionally obsolete (5,825)
Have street view (28,903)
Lost (28,476)
Lost 2013 (382)
Lost during 2010s (3,601)
North Carolina (1,034)
 One-lane traffic (7,835)
Owned by state (16,554)
Pratt through truss (6,057)
Pratt truss (10,299)
Replaced by new bridge (19,367)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,554)
Through truss (16,782)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,381)
Truss (35,458)

Update Log 

  • November 22, 2020: New photo from Jimmy Walters
  • August 9, 2015: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: Edit description-changed build date
  • September 18, 2013: Updated by Michael Miller: Changed "Status" and "Overview. Added "Year Lost" and "Description"
  • March 11, 2010: Updated by Matthew Ridpath: Added Street View

Sources 

  • Matthew Ridpath
  • Michael Miller - michael_a_miller [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Jimmy Walters
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Comments 

Broad River Bridge
Posted August 21, 2021, by Jill Read (Flyingpita [at] gmail [dot] com)

Thank you for documenting this beautiful old bridge. I have been researching my Grandaddy’s memoirs of the bridges he built in the 1900’s and this is one of them. He built it in 1928 while working for the contractor, L. Riddle and Co.

Broad River Bridge
Posted August 21, 2021, by Jill Read (Flyingpita [at] gmail [dot] com)

Thank you for documenting this beautiful old bridge. I have been researching my Grandaddy’s memoirs of the bridges he built in the 1900’s and this is one of them. He built it in 1928 while working for the contractor, L. Riddle and Co.

Broad River Bridge
Posted September 18, 2013, by Michael Miller (michael_a_miller [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Sadly, I didn't make it in time to get a good pic of this bridge before they demolished it. I had no idea they were constructing a new one until I was already there. I took a picture of the construction, but didn't want to use it as the main picture for this bridge.