{"id":646,"date":"2023-06-04T23:02:59","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T03:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tngenweb.org\/carter\/?p=646"},"modified":"2023-06-04T23:02:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T03:02:59","slug":"the-covered-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tngenweb.org\/carter\/the-covered-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"The Covered Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-nggic-image-chooser-block\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\/\/ source unidentified\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tngenweb.org\/carter\/wp-content\/gallery\/historic-sites\/cartbrdg.jpg\" alt=\"Doe River Bridge\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>One of the most-iconic sites in Carter County is the covered bridge, built in 1882 and still standing today.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-nggic-image-chooser-block\">ngg_shortcode_0_placeholder<br>(click thumbnails for larger images)<\/div>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tngenweb.org\/carter\/goodspeeds-biography-of-dr-edwin-eugene-hunter\/\">Dr. Edwin Eugene Hunter<\/a> as contractor, with the help of George Lindamood and three carpenters. The cost was $3,000 for construction and $300 for approaches.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The 134 ft. bridge spans the Doe River from Hattie Avenue on the west bank to 3rd street on the east bank. At the time of construction, it was a main connection between Historic &#8220;Olde Town&#8221; Elizabethton on the eastern side of the Doe River and the developing &#8220;New Town&#8221; on the western side of the river.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Covered Bridge has survived many floods including the &#8220;Great May Flood of 1901&#8221; which destroyed all other bridges in the county that crossed Doe River.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The bridge has been termed an &#8220;engineering feat&#8221;. It is one of the two covered bridges in Tennessee identified by a Tennessee Historical Commission marker.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Covered Bridge Days, a festival that includes music, a parade, and an arts and crafts fair, is held each June near the bridge.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most-iconic sites in Carter County is the covered bridge, built in 1882 and still standing today. &nbsp; Dr. Edwin Eugene Hunter as contractor, with the help of George Lindamood and three carpenters. The cost was $3,000 for <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tngenweb.org\/carter\/the-covered-bridge\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-historic-sites","category-local-history-information"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tngenweb.org\/carter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tngenweb.org\/carter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tngenweb.org\/carter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tngenweb.org\/carter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tngenweb.org\/carter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.tngenweb.org\/carter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":653,"href":"https:\/\/www.tngenweb.org\/carter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions\/653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tngenweb.org\/carter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tngenweb.org\/carter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tngenweb.org\/carter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}