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Mt Zion Swinging Bridge
Description
"No one remembers just who built the first swinging bridge across Little Sugar Creek at Mount Zion in Lawrence County Tennessee. It was probably built by memebers of the McMasters Family who were the first settlers in that area. It has been maintained through the years by people who lived in the community." - www.lawrenceburg.netThe Civil Wars music video for "Barton Hollow" was filmed here. The Mt Zion Methodist Church is a National Historical Landmark. The church was built in 1885.
Facts
- Overview
- Pedestrian Bridge over Sugar Creek
- Location
- Lawrence County, Tennessee
- Status
- Open to pedestrians
- History
- Built ca.1950; Rehabilitated ca.2011
- Design
- Swinging Bridge
- Dimensions
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Deck width: 2.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +35.06551, -87.23293 (decimal degrees)
35°03'56" N, 87°13'59" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/478761/3880333 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Appleton
- Inventory number
- BH 48921 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
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My mother, Fay McMasters, born in 1935 remembers her daddy not letting her go on the bridge when she was little. I have many ancestors in the cemetery there. She said that the original has been replaced, perhaps in the 1950’s.