Bunker Hill Covered Bridge
Catawba County, Catawba County, North Carolina
Marker Inscription
Bunker Hill Covered Bridge. One of the last surviving covered bridges in North Carolina, built in 1894, stands 500 yards north on Lyles Creek.
Erected by North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
The Story
Spanning Lyles Creek in Catawba County, the Bunker Hill Covered Bridge was built in 1894 and is among the last surviving covered bridges in North Carolina. Its sheltering roof protected the wooden trusses from weather, a practical bit of nineteenth-century engineering that let such crossings endure.
Why it matters
Once common across rural America, covered bridges like this are now rare survivors of a vanished era of country roads.
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