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Bunker Hill Covered Bridge

Covered bridge · Catawba County, North Carolina

Bunker Hill Bridge, Spanning Lyle Creek, bypassed section of Island Fo, Claremont vicinity, Catawba County, NC
Bunker Hill Bridge, Spanning Lyle Creek, bypassed section of Island Fo, Claremont vicinity, Catawba County, NC · Jet Lowe / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Bunker Hill Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Catawba County, North Carolina. North Carolina has 2 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.

It was built in 1895, in the late 19th century.

Status check, 2026-11: Only surviving wooden Haupt truss bridge, restored in 1994 and named a National Civil Engineering Landmark in 2001. Sources give its length as about 80 or 81 ft, so no length is listed. Bunker Hill Covered Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 35.7215° N, 81.1152° W.

Key facts

Current structure built1895
Heritage designationNational Register of Historic Places listed place
National RegisterListed
Coordinates35.72150, -81.11520

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.