Bunker Hill Covered Bridge

The Bunker Hill Covered Bridge is one of two covered bridges left in North Carolina,, and is possibly the last wooden bridge in the United States with Haupt truss construction. It was built in 1895 by Andrew Loretz Ramsour in Claremont, North Carolina, and crosses Lyle Creek.
The bridge was designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2001 and is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

History and design

The project to build the bridge was started in 1894 when Catawba County Commissioners requested nearby owners of the Bunker Hill Farm to build and maintain a bridge that would cross Lyle Creek on the old Island Ford Road. According to local archives, Ramsour found the Haupt truss design in a book. Since the bridge was originally constructed as an open span, its roof wasn't added until 1900, and in 1921, its original wooden shingle roof was replaced with a tin roof. The bridge was owned by the Bolick family until 1985 when they donated it to the Catawba County Historical Association, who restored it in 1994.