The Old Salem Timber Pedestrian Bridge in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Built through a partnership between Old Salem, the North Carolina Department of Transportation and the City of Winston-Salem. The bridge reflects the unique culture and historic character of Winston-Salem. The award winning bridge is a 120-foot modified Burr-arch truss bridge designed by David Fischetti and built using skilled craftsmen utilizing 19th century building techniques. The timbers used are reclaimed from a demolished fertilizer plant in Chesapeake, the 1886 Champion Paper Mill in Canton and 260 year-old timbers pulled from the cotton docks of Savannah Harbor. A Burr-arch truss was a bridge Moravian settlers would have built in the early 1800s as Winston-Salem grew. Burr-arch trussed bridges were built near other Moravian cities in Pennsylvania. Theodore Burr (1771-1822) obtained a patent for this bridge style in 1817. The first Burr-arch bridge was built across the Hudson River in New York in 1804. The Old Salem Timber Pedestrian Bridge was built in December 1998 at a cost of $1,950,910.
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It connects a visitor center designed by architect Robert Venturi to the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts and the Old Salem National Landmark District (Winston-Salem's lower downtown), developed in the mid-1700s. The steps and ramps connect to the Winston-Salem Pedestrian Walkway System of bike and walking paths on the Visitor's Center side.
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Lights inside the bridge.
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Other fun pedestrian bridges in Winston-Salem:
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Lake Kathryn Waterfall Bridge, designed by architect Charles Barton Keen and built in 1914 (National Register of Historic Places)
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Salem Waterway Bridge at the Gateway YWCA (A 2007 construction photo)