Mile High Swinging Bridge
- Address: 2050 Blowing Rock Hwy
- Vicinity: Grandfather Mountain Nature Park
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1952/00/00 | Hugh MacRae Morton | Developer | One of Hugh MacRae Morton's first projects at Grandfather Mountain is a $15,000 suspension bridge to be erected between Convention Table Rock and Linville Peak. | |||
1952/09/02 | Charles C Hartmann Jr | Architect | High Swinging Bridge opens at Grandfather Mountain. The structure was fabricated in Greensboro by the Truitt Manufacturing Company and installed over a three weeks on Grandfather Mountain by the Craven Steel Erecting Company. | |||
2000/00/00 | After a routine inspection in the late 1990s, the Mile High Swinging Bridge is rebuild at a cost $300,000. The new structure is custom-welded on site using the original I beams. |
Particulars for Mile High Swinging Bridge: | |
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Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Structure type | Bridge |
Area of Significance | Engineering |
Historic Use | Pedestrian Related |
Sight Category | Structure |
Bridge Type | Suspension Bridge |
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