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Bethel bridge earns National Register designation

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Wednesday, May 15, 2019

The oldest metal truss bridge in the state of North Carolina has earned inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, and the Bethel Rural Community Organization wants you to come help them celebrate at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 30, at Truss Bridge #79, on Lake Logan Road.

The bridge is nationally unique because of its Phoenix columns. The ceremony will be attended by representatives of the North Carolina Department of Transportation, the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, county commissioners, BRCO members and other locals who have helped earn the bridge the recognition it enjoys today. 

For more information, visit www.bethelrural.org.

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